Places Loo Wants to Go

Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.

The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.

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

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

A gigantic, symbolic artwork covers the side of the building.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

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

Some charming, but sadly, unloved animal statues call this park home.

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

Mexico City decorates its facades with extravagant floral arrangements every year.

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

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

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

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

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

A series of abstract sculptures pop up from an otherworldly volcanic landscape.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.