In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

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

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

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

This Aztec structure remained hidden until the demolition of a supermarket exposed the lost temple.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

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

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

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

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

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

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

Inside this mountain lies several kilometers of breathtaking caves.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."