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

These subterranean models show Mexico City's central square during three different eras.

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

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

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

A replica of one of South Korea's National Treasures stands as a tribute to that country's relations with Mexico.

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

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

The entrance to an early 20th-century cultural center features murals that deal with the cultural fusion that characterizes Mexico.

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

Shop for superb tortillas at this homage to the ancient art of nixtamalization.

A unique hybrid of fountain, stained glass and monument, designed and built by a notable architect-engineer team.

This simple rock stands as a memorial of the major student protests of 1968.

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

Mexico's second-tallest monument, now half-hidden in a private residential complex.

The ruins of the "place of the cloud snake" sit in the middle of an urban environment.

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

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

The official Presidential Residence of Los Pinos became an emblem of Mexico's opulence and presidential corruption.

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

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

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

A small building that loosely resembles a tooth is appropriately used as a dentist office.