Places Edited by Mario Yair T.S.

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

A Spanish Colonial fort now houses an archeology museum.

This mosaic made out of books represents one of Colonial Mexico's most important literary figures.

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

Named after a Mexican president, who once lived nearby, this park in a residential Mexico City neighborhood packs a whole lot of history into a small space.

The world's largest collection of Don Quixote-inspired art.

After several moves across Mexico City, these two statues found a home in Mestizaje Park.

A series of modernist, abstract sculptures form a route created as part of the 1968 Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.

This memorial was raised in honor of a group of workers heavily impacted by the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.

A statue in Balderas subway station honors the rock star who wrote about it in a song.

Dedicated to one of the most iconic cinematographers of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

In the middle of this historic colonial city resides a modernist government building known as the UFO.

The extremely grey columns of one of Mexico City's most iconic beltways are slowly gaining a bit of color.

This church turned museum is dedicated to the last Mexica ruler, whose remains were allegedly buried under the altar.

This highly decorated dam is one of Guanajuato's most unexpectedly beautiful public works.

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

One of the city's most imposing Neoclassical buildings is also one of its most prestigious schools.

In Mexico, an abandoned Scottish-looking castle stands as a tribute to love.

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

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.

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

This grand yet little-visited tomb seems almost carved into the hill it sits on.