The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

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

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

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

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.

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

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

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

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

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

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

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

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.