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

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

This Mexico City subway station will make you feel like you've been transported to the London Underground.

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

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.

Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.

These unusual paintings give thanks to the saints and deities who granted people favors and miracles.

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

Diego Rivera hid various people and symbols in his first large-scale mural project.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

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

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

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

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

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

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.