Places vickiebarker Wants to Go

Still standing despite its considerable slant, this tilted lighthouse has become a local symbol of resilience.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

One of Mexico's youngest major cities still holds on to this structure representing its short modern history.

A tomb in this cemetery holds soil from every country in Latin America.

The Cuban revolutionary looks over the country from its highest peak.

Four antique Baldwin trains are kept on display in the Mal Tiempo train depot.

This Cuban town sets the sky on fire around Christmas each year.

Besides being home to cave paintings and pre-Columbian Cuban archaeological remains, you get to take a boat through this stalactite and stalagmite covered cave.

Former WWI oil tanker played a variety of roles in history, its tantalizing rum-flavored scent being the only constant.

Prehistoric history as seen through the lens of an outsider artist.

A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.

Roam the cradle of the Cuban Revolution with life-sized dinosaurs.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

All that remains of a sugar mill destroyed during the War of Independence of 1895.

A colossal statue with a controversial past, forgotten for more than 30 years.

When the Cuban government seized a Trader Vic's franchise, they unknowingly led to its preservation.

Visit the ruins of a magnificent mansion confiscated by Fidel Castro.

The enormous smoke hides within a little known, semi-secret exhibit inside Havana’s Morro Castle Historic Park.

Cuba's historical trains remind natives of their country's sugary sweet past.

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.