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

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

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

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

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

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

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

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

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

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

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

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.

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

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

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

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

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

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

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

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

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

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