Jalpan de Serra, Mexico
Museo Histórico de la Sierra Gorda (Historical Museum of the Sierra Gorda)
The building that houses this museum is as historic as its collection.
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Jalpan de Serra, Mexico
The building that houses this museum is as historic as its collection.
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Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.
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Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.
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This isolated Maya cemetery in Chiapas is distinguished by its towering, colorful wooden crosses.
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The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.
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A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.
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This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.