One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

Outside a market, beautiful murals pay tribute to fruit sellers and farmers, as well as a few legendary artists.

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

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

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

This piece of a Renaissance-era Spanish castle remained lost for decades.

Legend says the building's unusual features were added at the request of a paranoid president.

Mexico's National Sound Library houses music, recordings, and voices from the nation's rich past.

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

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

Abandoned figurines adorn a small plot on the side of a craft market's entrance.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

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

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

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

A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

This architectural wonder of Mexico City houses several art schools and national research centers.

A Mexico City subway station boasts a hidden museum, complete with a working radio booth.

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.

This underground museum highlights the history of Mexico City's subway system.

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

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

The underground mall's skylights look like they could be part of a spaceship.

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