A Day of the Dead altar at the New Orleans Botanical Garden will be on display Wednesday through Oct. 30. Day of the Dead, or "el Día de los Muertos," is a time for remembering departed loved ones.
The route from the land of the dead to San Andrés Mixquic, a little town just outside Mexico City, is lined with marigolds. Ángel Jiménez del Aguila, who died in 2010, need only follow the trail of ...