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This historic hiding place, often used by people escaping slavery, is a testament to a heroic struggle for freedom.

The hike to this stunning waterfall on a black sand beach is not for the faint of heart.

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

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

This living labyrinth made entirely of thorns is filled with art.

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

The world's largest collection of artifacts from our history of industrial gas use is hard to simply pass.

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

Rare and strange weather predictors, from mercury barometers to leech prognosticators.

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

The largest masonic lodge in Cuba.

The Cuban revolutionary looks over the country from its highest peak.

The enormous smoke hides within a little known, semi-secret exhibit inside Havana’s Morro Castle Historic Park.

Former WWI oil tanker played a variety of roles in history, its tantalizing rum-flavored scent being the only constant.

A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

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

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