Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

The former Mexican president kept the bullets that killed his predecessor on display in his home, now a museum.

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

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

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

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

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

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

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

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

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

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

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

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

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

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

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

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

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

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

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