All Places in Oaxaca

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

This amazing collection includes rare stamps from around the world, including fluorescent ones.

Start your morning off with an epic food crawl in this market east of Oaxaca’s historic center.

Don’t be surprised if you run into some of Oaxaca’s top chefs in line at this family run taco stop.

This bakery forgoes industrial wheat in favor of locally harvested grains.

Step past a rainbow of Oaxacan nightshades for a menu of regional moles worthy of weddings and funerals.

Dine on funerary beans alongside off-duty lucha libre wrestlers at this legume-centric spot near Museo Rufino Tamayo.

With more than 30 ingredients, chef Cecilia Florian’s stupendously complex, harmonious moles are a masterclass in layering flavors.

Bold, unapologetically spicy Mixtecan flavors are on the menu here.