Places amarionknh Wants to Go

An entire town in Haiti memorializes one man and his historic revolution.

This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.

Thousands of Haitians travel to the waterfalls to ask the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and her voodoo counterpart Erzulie for healing in a yearly pilgrimage.

The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.

A violent name for a violent volcano.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

A collection cataloguing one of the most brutal dictatorships in modern history.

The first official clock in North America, it kept time for the Spanish government of Santo Domingo.

A pre-Columbian ceremonial and astronomical site built by the Taino Indians.

A remarkable range of flora and fauna are represented in this Dominican nature preserve.

Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.

Columbus' failed colony in the New World.

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else.

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.

A flower grows on this giant stone that is said be able to control minds.

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

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

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.