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Cali Buckley

I'm a Ph.D. in art history and work on objects dealing with the history of science--specifically anatomical models. I write about my research and tours of early modern architecture on my blog: https://ivoryladies.wordpress.com/

https://pennstate.academia.edu/CaliBuckley

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Mexico City, Mexico

Panteón Francés de La Piedad

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

Mario Yair TS

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Mexico City, Mexico

Museo de Anatomopatología (Museum of Pathological Anatomy)

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

Mario Yair TS

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Mexico City, Mexico

Palace of the Inquisition

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

Monsieur Mictlan

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Mexico City, Mexico

Mariposario Chapultepec (Chapultepec Butterfly Garden)

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

Mario Yair TS

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Mexico City, Mexico

Rooftop Terrace at Museo del Estanquillo

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

linkogecko

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Mexico City, Mexico

Pyramid of Ehécatl

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

Monsieur Mictlan

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Mexico City, Mexico

Museo de Arte Popular

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

Ike Allen

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Mexico City, Mexico

Museo de la Medicina Mexicana

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

Alicia Bones

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Mexico City, Mexico

Skull Rack of the Great Temple

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

Monsieur Mictlan

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Mexico City, Mexico

The Mummies at Museo de El Carmen

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

CadaverFormosus

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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands

Beth Haim Cemetery

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

Claudia Crobatia

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

Rachel

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Torture Museum

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

michelle

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Statue of Freak Antoni

A beloved local artist has been honored with this statue of a man emerging from a toilet.

The Demon of Palazzo Salina

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

Marco Dst

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Relics in the Basilica of San Domenico

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

Roman Ruins of Salaborsa Library

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

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Finestrella di Via Piella

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

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Saint Catherine of Bologna

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

michelle

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Towers of Bologna

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

StepYoshi

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Fountain of Neptune

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

talkinmonkey

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Bologna Zoological Museum

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

Dylan

Museo di Palazzo Poggi Anatomy & Obstetrics Collection

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

Annetta Black

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Piazza Statuto

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

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