Places Madeleine Wants to Go

Shop for superb tortillas at this homage to the ancient art of nixtamalization.

A Mexico City subway station boasts a hidden museum, complete with a working radio booth.

A tribute to the 20th-century ball that cast a spotlight on Mexico’s LGBTQ community.

Outside a market, beautiful murals pay tribute to fruit sellers and farmers, as well as a few legendary artists.

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

Founded by a Basque immigrant, Mexico City's oldest bakery has a history dating back to 1870.

This architectural wonder of Mexico City houses several art schools and national research centers.

In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.

This neon installation is a tribute to a Mexica god, who gave his skin to humanity.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

The last home designed in its entirety by noted architect Luis Barragán owes its existence to an impressive jacaranda tree.

This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

This industrial Art Nouveau gem is a historic hotspot for Mexican counterculture.

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

Hidden for more than a century, the grave of the Conquistador remains forgotten behind these church walls.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

This covert museum showcases booties worn by a rescue dog and slippers owned by Queen Elizabeth II.

The underground mall's skylights look like they could be part of a spaceship.

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

This Aztec structure remained hidden until the demolition of a supermarket exposed the lost temple.

Abandoned figurines adorn a small plot on the side of a craft market's entrance.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.