The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

This colorful, ornately-decorated cemetery sits next to a quiet cove known as "the beach of the dead."

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

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

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

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

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

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

This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.

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

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

The extremely grey columns of one of Mexico City's most iconic beltways are slowly gaining a bit of color.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

This sculpture garden is a serene oasis wedged in the middle of a busy highway.

The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.

One of the world’s largest cave systems houses legends, concerts, and wondrous rock formations alike.

A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

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

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

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

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

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.