These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.

The ruins of the "place of the cloud snake" sit in the middle of an urban environment.

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

A tribute to Charles M. Schulz, who created the iconic cartoon that features Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and more.