Place to see: Museo De Filatelia de Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico

About this place:

Filatelia may sound like Philadelphia, but don’t expect exhibitions on cheese steaks and Quakers. No, we’re talking about Philately: the study and collection of postage stamps. And while precious few people get up in the morning excited about stamps, if this museum does not make you a believer, it will at least impress you with its stylish effort. Play a Memory-like game with a friend on the floor of the exhibition hall using large wooden-backed stamp models. Puzzle your through the poetical musings in Spanish on the ways we communicate, painted, refrigerator-magnet style, on the walls of one salon. Pause for a moment at a table in the lush central garden. Visit the children’s room—with kids or without—for the illustrated guide to stamp collecting and the light-up map—which might just help you to your next destination.