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This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

The outside of this theater is decorated with a Diego Rivera mural that explores the history of Mexico.

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

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

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

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

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

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

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

This neon installation is a tribute to a Mexica god, who gave his skin to humanity.

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.

Mexico City's residents are being watched by this state surveillance headquarters, designed by architects with a flair for intimidation.

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

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

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

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

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

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

Mexico City decorates its facades with extravagant floral arrangements every year.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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

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