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

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

The stoutest tree in the world.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

This amazing collection includes rare stamps from around the world, including fluorescent ones.

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

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

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

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

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

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

This mosaic made out of books represents one of Colonial Mexico's most important literary figures.

A trompe l'oeil mural remembers the original colonial building that once stood here.

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

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

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.