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

In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.

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

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

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

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

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

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

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

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

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

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

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

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

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

Five million people are laid to rest here, more than the population of Madrid itself.

A must for film lovers in Madrid and home to the Spanish Film Library's projection space.

Strange masks and obscure costumes are housed in this old Madrid corrala.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.