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

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

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

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

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

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

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

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

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

This industrial Art Nouveau gem is a historic hotspot for Mexican counterculture.

An incredible little museum of interior design full of artifacts collected from around the world.

Some charming, but sadly, unloved animal statues call this park home.

This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.

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

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

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

This stately clock was gifted from China's last imperial government to the people of Mexico.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

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.

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

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