Places Michael James Carvalho Luongo Wants to Go

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

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

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Remnants of an architect's residence that displays his embrace of organic architecture.

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

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

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

A series of abstract sculptures pop up from an otherworldly volcanic landscape.

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

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

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

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

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

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

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

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

At this bright and vibrant museum in Mexico City, you can make your own custom scent.

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

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