This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

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.

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

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

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

A series of abstract sculptures pop up from an otherworldly volcanic landscape.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

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

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

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

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

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

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

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

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

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

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

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.

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

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