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Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

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

This ancient gaming tool was unearthed during the construction of this former town's central square.

One of the oldest Christian churches still standing in the Americas, and almost certainly Mexico's oldest in continuous use.

The outside of this theater is decorated with a Diego Rivera mural that explores the history of Mexico.

This Mexico City subway station will make you feel like you've been transported to the London Underground.

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

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.

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

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.

More than 100 years after his death, the world's largest steer is still attracting crowds.

Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.