Natalie Taylor

One of the hidden historical facts is the influence of Africans on Mexican culture. Slavery throughout the Americas—Cuba, Brazil,...

In my last two posts I wrote about the ancient Mulatto chapel in San Miguel, and how it eventually was taken over by the Oratory church....

Imagine yourself walking along Insurgentes Street, starting at the site of the Biblioteca, then heading east toward the Ignacio Ramirez...

Stories about headless ghosts, and particularly headless horsemen seem to be part of many cultures. Sometimes the horseman appears sans...

One afternoon in 1837, a nineteen year old student appeared in the halls of the prestigious Academy of Juan de Letran in Mexico City,...

The Oratorio church is one of the most attractive architectural buildings in San Miguel de Allende. It stands on an elevated platform...

If you have followed some of my stories about San Miguel de Allende, you may recall that many of them are legends, not based on reality....

El Puente del Fraile Not all San Miguel ghost stories take place within the narrow confines of the urban area. Some reside on the...

La Loca of the Posada The Posada de San Francisco is a three-story building on Principal Street, just a few steps from the old Casas...

One of the fascinating aspects of San Miguel is its long reach into the past. The founding of the city goes back to 1492, 50 years after...

The house on Cuadrante On the Calle Cuadrante 18, just a few steps from the corner with Hernandez Macias stands a grand house, dating...

Bullfighting was one of the favorite entertainments in San Miguel for many centuries, a tradition brought over from Spain. To this day,...

Did you know that some of the most familiar streets, and neighborhoods you walk in around Centro, hold old tales of ghosts and strange...

In 1933 a 25-year-old priest arrived from Irapuato to serve in the Parroquia of Saint Michael the Archangel. His name was Jose...

Any visitor or resident of San Miguel will notice signs on many shops around Centro touting the sale of a regional sweet, with the...

The invasion of Ukraine by a Stalinist-styled demagogue is on everyone’s mind, with the looming threat of further destruction and the...

Recently I had a quintessential “San Miguel moment.” Sitting with friends for dinner at a restaurant, I spotted a lone woman at a table...

What would you say to someone born the year that WWI came to an end, the year the Spanish flu swept across the world?