Places ulagoldstein Wants to Go

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

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

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

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.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

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

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

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

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

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

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

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

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

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.