Places Madeleine Wants to Go

A small square that sheds its troubled recent history with its surrounding artworks, some of which are not without controversy.

Featured in a Hollywood film, this church is a monumental example of mid-century art deco architecture.

The Vietcong leader isn’t the only symbol of late 20th-century counterculture represented in this statue.

Named after and designed by women, this unique cultural center is an early 20th-century mansion covered in a modern shell.

An abstract sculpture memorializing a student massacre that took place in 1971.

Remnants of an architect's residence that displays his embrace of organic architecture.

A replica of one of South Korea's National Treasures stands as a tribute to that country's relations with Mexico.

This avian-shaped stone that once held the hearts of Aztec human sacrifices now lies at the feet of Christ inside a Catholic church.

Mexico City’s smallest church, designed as a miniature cathedral and visited mainly by robbers and prostitutes.

One of Mexico City's seats of the Catholic faith, although not the majoritarian Latin Roman rite.

A river runs beneath you while walking along this elevated linear park.

A unique hybrid of fountain, stained glass and monument, designed and built by a notable architect-engineer team.

This simple rock stands as a memorial of the major student protests of 1968.

After several moves across Mexico City, these two statues found a home in Mestizaje Park.

A trompe l'oeil mural remembers the original colonial building that once stood here.

Named after a Mexican president, who once lived nearby, this park in a residential Mexico City neighborhood packs a whole lot of history into a small space.

Mexico’s first synagogue set up by and for the Ashkenazi Jewish community.

Works from the golden age of Mexican muralism can be found inside a typical city market.

A series of mosaics in Mexico City's Historic Center celebrate the Basque Country's "eighth province"—its diaspora.

A statue in Balderas subway station honors the rock star who wrote about it in a song.

One of the oldest Christian churches still standing in the Americas, and almost certainly Mexico's oldest in continuous use.

The world's tallest carillon is located at the top of this skyscraper in Mexico City.

Likely Mexico City's most eclectic shopping mall, with its own version of the Walk of Fame.

This ancient gaming tool was unearthed during the construction of this former town's central square.