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Works from the golden age of Mexican muralism can be found inside a typical city market.

Mexico’s first synagogue set up by and for the Ashkenazi Jewish community.

Its most enigmatic sculpture is a giantess with a ghostly face on her knee.

This mosaic made out of books represents one of Colonial Mexico's most important literary figures.

Celebrating the art of caricature, from comics to political cartoons.

The remains of an Aztec school and various intriguing artifacts lie below a modern cultural center.

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

This covert museum showcases booties worn by a rescue dog and slippers owned by Queen Elizabeth II.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

A shining treasure trove of fine Mexican silver dating back to the 15th century.

An ode to a chess-loving diplomat.

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

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

A converted hangar displays dozens of helicopters, from a famous 1943 rescue chopper to several autogyros.

A restored 1834 stone bank barn preserving the curious history of the natural ice trade.

A unique, playful portrayal of Jesus as a backpacking traveler.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.