Fernando “El Toro” Valenzeula, Mexico’s greatest baseball hero ever, has had quite a year.

If you enjoy tequila, try spending a night sleeping in a giant tequila cask. Hotel Matices Barrica, located in the town of Tequila, claims to be the world’s first located within a tequila factory, inviting those who stay to explore the production of tequila (with plenty of samples) at La Cofradia distillery.

Illegal logging and rampant agriculture have reduced the number of trees across the world.

Painter Sadek Reynolds says that growing up, his mother crafted everything from dolls to crocheted rugs before her yarn store went under, only to live off of disability once her back gave out.

Depending on who you ask, Guadalajara is the gay capital of Mexico.

It comes around once a year, and when it does, it brings a whole lot of noise and celebration to Guadalajara, laced up in trajes de charro and gently swelling strings, belting brass and rhythmic guitar.