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Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.

In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.

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

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

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Its exhibits are dedicated to educating the public about state terrorism in Mexico.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Home to an astounding collection of carved skulls and other artifacts from Puebla's history

This isolated Maya cemetery in Chiapas is distinguished by its towering, colorful wooden crosses.

This orchid sanctuary protects countless varieties of the flower, from the huge to the microscopic.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.

It's not quite as old as its Roman appearance suggests, but this piece of infrastructure served Guatemala City for centuries.

An art gallery that celebrates Indigenous Maya practices and traditions.

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.