The first official clock in North America, it kept time for the Spanish government of Santo Domingo.

Learn the history of Dominican rum production.

A collection cataloguing one of the most brutal dictatorships in modern history.

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

After Christopher Columbus died, his son built a fancy house to rule from.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

The first hospital in the New World.

Columbus' failed colony in the New World.

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.

Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This softball diamond has a culture all its own.

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

This giant Cold War satellite dish has become a symbol of Trinidad's need for sovereignty.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

A violent name for a violent volcano.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.

Under the desolate and windswept northern coast of Barbados stands a small oasis filled with sea anemones.

This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

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.