This neon installation is a tribute to a Mexica god, who gave his skin to humanity.

A skeleton without arms watches over the side door of one of the most beautiful baroque temples in Mexico.

An eerie illusion of a nun is said to haunt this cathedral’s Baroque-style bell tower.

This botanical garden boasts sculptures, industrial ruins, and an endorsement from the Dalai Lama.

Though the name might suggest otherwise, this is an American cemetery.

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.

A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.

These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

Resembling a 15th century medieval fortress, this home once belonged to a legend of Mexican cinema.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.

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

The ruins of the "place of the cloud snake" sit in the middle of an urban environment.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

Meat and seafood are part of the frozen dessert flavors available at these legendary street stands.

The tragic heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton built her seventh husband this Japanese-inspired palace in Mexico.

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

Hidden for more than a century, the grave of the Conquistador remains forgotten behind these church walls.

This controversial, abstract sculpture is meant to represent an Aztec warrior.