Recife, Brazil
Ricardo Brennand Institute
A Tudor-style castle in Brazil holds one of the world's largest armory collections.
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Recife, Brazil
A Tudor-style castle in Brazil holds one of the world's largest armory collections.
French Guiana
An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.
Milton, Massachusetts
Though a proud Texan, the 41st President of the United States started life in the suburbs of Boston.
Cayman Islands
This tiny, charming synagogue in the Cayman Islands was built by a man as a present for his Jewish wife.
West Bay, Cayman Islands
Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.
Noord, Aruba
The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.
Saba, Caribbean Netherlands
The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.
New Castle, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Small church built in the 19th century for whites and slaves to worship together.
Saint Peter's, Montserrat
A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.
Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe
A Caribbean chef recreates his enslaved great-great-grandmother's dishes inside the home she purchased after buying her freedom.
Morne-A-l'Eau, Guadeloupe
At first glance, little checkered structures on the hillside look like they house the living, not the dead.
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.
Saint-Pierre, Martinique
The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."
Grenada
Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.
Trinidad and Tobago
This giant Cold War satellite dish has become a symbol of Trinidad's need for sovereignty.
Guyana
A brick arch is all that remains of this Dutch fort, once a focal point for colonial power struggles in Guyana.
Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown’s most impressive building is also one of the tallest wooden churches in the world.
Georgetown, Guyana
The largest market in Guyana, designed and built by the Edge Moor Iron Company of Delaware.
Georgetown, Guyana
A monument to Cuffy, a rebellious enslaved person who became a national hero in Guyana.
Caracas, Venezuela
This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.
Barú, Colombia
Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.
Cartagena, Colombia
This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.
Cartagena, Colombia
An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.