This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

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

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

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

Its most enigmatic sculpture is a giantess with a ghostly face on her knee.

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

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

These subterranean models show Mexico City's central square during three different eras.

The remains of an Aztec school and various intriguing artifacts lie below a modern cultural center.

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

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

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

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

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

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

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

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

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