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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Ciudad Juárez

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Updated February 12, 2020

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Kentucky Club

When life gives you Prohibition, open a bar in Juárez.

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La Equis (The X)

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.
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Marker at the Chamizal National Memorial

El Paso, Texas

Chamizal National Memorial

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.
5 miles from Ciudad Juárez
The entrance to the Magoffin Home.

El Paso, Texas

Magoffin Home

El Paso's only historic house museum is an adobe mansion built by a prominent multicultural borderlands family.
5 miles from Ciudad Juárez
View #1 (El Chuco) Chicano Park, El Paso

El Paso, Texas

Lincoln Park aka Chicano Park

Local artists have long claimed these highway pylons as a place to celebrate Mexican-American history through artwork.
6 miles from Ciudad Juárez
The grave.

El Paso, Texas

John Wesley Hardin's Grave

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.
6 miles from Ciudad Juárez
Detail of the Lhakhang

El Paso, Texas

Lhakhang Cultural Exhibit

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.
7 miles from Ciudad Juárez

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