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Itinerary

Red Rock Over Time: A Road Trip Through Native American History

Explore the living history of the American Southwest.
Holyn Thigpen
Sherman holds a bowl of pápa waháŋpi, a soup that "just connected to my soul."
cookbooks

On 'Turtle Island,' Indigenous Food Is Not the Past—It’s the Future

Chef Sean Sherman discusses reclaiming Native foodways, dismantling colonial borders, and why his latest cookbook looks forward rather than back.
Sam O'Brien January 11, 2026
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Atis Tirma Monument

Memorial to the brave indigenous defenders of the Canary Islands.
Niagara Falls, New York

The Turtle (Native American Center for the Living Arts)

One of “America’s Most Endangered Historic Places” is a building shaped like a giant turtle.
Seattle, Washington

Buried Indigenous Seed Capsules

Part of Seattle’s Ravenna Creek Drop project, these capsules preserve seeds of plants that predated the city.
San Antonio, Texas

'The First Inhabitant'

A seven-foot-tall cast concrete Native American Chief stands on the south railing of the historic Commerce Street Bridge, commissioned in 1914.
geology

The Story Behind The Devil's Tower, a Giant Rock in the Middle of a Field

In this episode of Untold Earth, learn the legends and the science behind one of Wyoming's most iconic monuments.
Atlas Obscura November 13, 2025
Ayacucho, Peru

Museo de la Memoria (Museum of Memory)

A house once used to feed orphans of a brutal conflict now serves as a museum honoring its victims.
Shangfu Village, Taiwan

Black Devil Cave

This oceanfront cave was the site of a 17th-century massacre.
At Azucena Zapoteca, the mole chichilo is made with ingredients like chilhuacle chiles, burnt tortilla ash, and chochoyote dumplings.
rites and rituals

Oaxaca’s ‘Mystical’ Mole of Mourning

Smoky, bitter, and complex, mole chichilo is flavored by grief.
Sam O'Brien June 16, 2025
Atuntaqui, Ecuador

Complejo Cultural Fábrica Imbabura

The former epicenter of the Ecuadorian textile industry, turned museum.
Tunja, Colombia

El Pozo de Hunzahúa (Hunzahúa Well)

This well in the former capital of Colombia's Muisca people is the setting for a steamy legend.
Sofía Robles, the first female mayor of Santa María Tlahuitoltepec, takes a ceremonial opening shot at a local tournament in 2012.
mountains

Jump Shots at 6,000 Feet: Inside Oaxaca's Love of Hoops

Every year, thousands of Indigenous athletes flock to a small mountain town for "el honor del competir."
Sam Lin-Sommer April 10, 2025
At Tierra del Sol, the moles are mind-bogglingly complex.
Itinerary

Gastro Obscura’s 10 Essential Places to Eat and Drink in Oaxaca

Marvelously complex moles; revived pre-Hispanic recipes; and heirloom corn, beans, and chiles await.
Anya von Bremzen
At Ulele, ask for an order of Florida Native Chili “loaded” and it will come topped with mild shredded cheese, red onions and diced jalapenos.
beer

Gator, Boar, and Venison? Inside the Boldest Bowl of Chili in Florida.

This recipe is one-part familiar, one-part exotic, and 100% delicious.
Oaxaca, Mexico

Las Quince Letras

With more than 30 ingredients, chef Cecilia Florian’s stupendously complex, harmonious moles are a masterclass in layering flavors.
As eulachon arrive in British Columbia’s Nass River, hundreds of hungry birds follow. The spawning fish also attract other predators, such as sea lions and seals.
rivers

Where the Savior Fish Still Swims

In an era of collapse, a fabled fish keeps coming back to the Nisg̱a’a nation.
Shanna Baker March 10, 2025
The walls of the Octagon Earthworks in Heath, Ohio, form an enclosure large enough to fit four Roman Colosseums.
astronomy

These 2,000-Year-Old Mounds Trace the Path of the Moon

After spending the last century as a golf course, the Octagon Earthworks are now protected—and celebrated—for their ancient Native American origins.
Olivia Young March 5, 2025