Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
El Meson de la Cava
Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.
La Vega, Dominican Republic
Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
A remarkable range of flora and fauna are represented in this Dominican nature preserve.
La Romana, Dominican Republic
This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.
Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic
This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
After Christopher Columbus died, his son built a fancy house to rule from.
Sosúa, Dominican Republic
An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.
Willemstad, Curaçao
This living labyrinth made entirely of thorns is filled with art.
Sint Willibrordus, Curaçao
This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.
Willemstad, Curaçao
Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
A macabre sculpture museum in the capital of Haiti fuses human bones with broken metal to create challenging contemporary art.
Anse a Foleur, Haiti
Broken Catholic cross now worshiped in the voodoo faith.
Marchand Dessalines, Haiti
An entire town in Haiti memorializes one man and his historic revolution.
Milot, Haiti
The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.
Haiti
This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.
Haut Saut d'Eau, Haiti
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.
Morne-A-l'Eau, Guadeloupe
At first glance, little checkered structures on the hillside look like they house the living, not the dead.
Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe
A Caribbean chef recreates his enslaved great-great-grandmother's dishes inside the home she purchased after buying her freedom.
Grenada
This lake with an inactive volcano underneath is often said to be bottomless.
Grenada
A violent name for a violent volcano.