Postcards

Postcards · February 22, 2025

We didn’t know Puebla had secret nuns. But they do—or did, anyway. And their story is wilder than you'd expect…

Postcards · February 21, 2025

I love trains. Rick can take or leave them, literally. So I visited the Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos in Puebla on my own…

Postcards · February 20, 2025

The first time you see Puebla Cathedral from across the zócalo, it doesn’t scream for attention. I mean, sure, it’s massive. And dignified…

Postcards · February 18, 2025

We went to Chipilo to escape Puebla’s ubiquitous mole. That was the plan, anyway. After a month in Puebla…

Postcards · February 16, 2025

Casa de Alfeñique makes more sense the longer you wander through it. Built in 1790…

Postcards · February 13, 2025

Some museums start with a grand vision. Others begin with a skeleton in the floor and a lawyer who didn’t know how to let things go….

Postcards · February 09, 2025

Officially, it's just a few blocks north of Puebla's historic center. But this particular pocket of the city is not polished for tourists. This is where the locals run the show...

Postcards · February 04, 2025

Puebla has no shortage of museums, and so many of them feel like secrets even when they’re right in the middle of the city…

Postcards · January 30, 2025

It was a surprise when the Puebla’s International Museum of the Baroque turned out to be—well, quiet. White. Curved. Simple. A modernist poem…

Postcards · January 29, 2025

Casa del Deán isn’t grand. It’s a much quieter presence than Puebla's nearby cathedral but just as loaded with stories....