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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The now-public home of a renowned art collector is full of unique pieces from viceregal and 19th-century Mexico.

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

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

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

Legend says the building's unusual features were added at the request of a paranoid president.

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

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

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

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

The last home designed in its entirety by noted architect Luis Barragán owes its existence to an impressive jacaranda tree.