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Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

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House of Laments

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.

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Alley of the Kiss

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

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Hacienda del Cochero

Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.

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Ex-Hacienda de San Gabriel de Barrera Gardens

This colonial mining complex is now home to magnificent themed gardens.

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Mausoleum of José Alfredo Jiménez

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

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22 miles from Guanajuato

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Son of the Tree of the Night of Sorrows

A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.

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22 miles from Guanajuato

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