The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

This statue of two men in a rowboat was erected to honor those who died while fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

Standing in this historic plaza is a statue representing one of Cuba's most iconic literary characters.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

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

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

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

Only six people can sit inside this delightfully quaint sanctuary.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant