Lined with cobble stone lanes and stretching over a series of hills, the town of San Miguel de Allende rests in the Mexican state of Guanajuata. During the 20th century it risked becoming a ghost town, but received an influx of residents after artists began studying the baroque and neoclassical styles of the colonial era, which are featured in the town's historic center. It expanded further after the passing of the United States GI Bill during WWII, as many U.S. veterans traveled here to study at the new art institutes, and artists and writers from around the world have made this town their home over the decades.
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