This historic white marble building serves as both the city's top performance hall and an art museum.

One of the largest public plazas in the world, the Zócalo is the heart of Mexico City and is one of the city's most famous attractions.

This is an excellent indoor and outdoor museum that displays multiple layers of a modern day, partial excavation of "The Great Temple" of preHispanic civilization.  It begins with a walking outdoor...

Frida Kahlo Museum (Museo Frida Kahlo) The Frida Kahlo Museum is a beautiful place where you can see all the artwork that she has created.This museum is found in Coyoacan, a suburb of Mexico City...

This 18th-century palace, known for its impressive gardens, served as the home of the Mexican President until 1939 and now houses the famous Museo Nacional de Historia.

Mexico City's waterways: Xochimilco and the Aztec Kings' Lake.  Xochimilco is visited by everyone, or at least it should be. Until just over a century ago Mexico City was surrounded by lakes that were

This historic building was once occupied by Hernán Cortés, the Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs, and includes a famous panoramic mural of Mexican history by Diego Rivera.

Opened in 1994, this museum and its 13 galleries hold an impressive collection of paintings by Mexico's greatest artists.

This famous church, located on the site where an Indian claimed to have seen the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531, contains an image of her that is the most famous religious icon in all of Mexico.

The Leon Trotsky Museum  The Trotsky Museum was first visited in 1989 and most of these photographs were taken at that time. Since then a lot of money has been spent on the house, which rather...

One of the largest churches in Latin America, this famous cathedral dominates the Zócalo.

This national pawnshop has been in operation since 1777.

This brightly colored house where artist Frida Kahlo lived for over 10 years with her husband Diego Rivera has been transformed into a museum dedicated to her work.

This famous monument built in 1906 for the people who died in the Mexican fight for independence stands 150 feet tall.

The cadets were defending Chapultepec Castle high on a promontory in Mexico City - now overlooking Chapultepec Park.  It was the Mexican American War (1846 ?).  Seeing the fight was lost yet...

This home has been converted into a museum and features Lechuga's 8,000-piece collection of local arts and crafts.

The designated location of many of Mexico's older colonial structures.

The plaza's "place of scribes," where specialists in reading and writing have gathered for centuries, evokes the spirit of yesteryear.

A famous mountain village south of Mexico City famous for its Day of the Dead celebration in November.