In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

These unusual paintings give thanks to the saints and deities who granted people favors and miracles.

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

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

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

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.