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A former pyramid-shaped library with colorful murals lies just across the bay from Old San Juan.

Built some 700 years ago, this Taíno ceremonial site features ball courts, petroglyphs, and evidence of ancient astronomy practices.

This sustainable, family-run farm just outside of San Juan makes for a dreamy daytrip.

At this studio, musicians, engineers, and quite possibly a music-loving ghost carry on Puerto Rico's musical traditions.

This museum preserves the heyday of Puerto Rican coffee.

This "sausage route" features gorgeous views and family-owned restaurants.

A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century

Archaeological sites and great food inside the island's largest mangrove forest.

Drift through underground caves on a tube.

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.

A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

An enchanting natural wonder in Puerto Rico's Camuy River Park.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.