This giant bronze image of Christopher Columbus embarked on a voyage of its own.

On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Virgin Islands from the top of this observation tower built in the 1960s.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

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

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

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

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Tucked away in a secluded canyon, this hidden hot spring’s thermal waters have been soothing soakers for generations.

A 40-foot waterfall hidden in a desert oasis.

This spot along the 23.5 degree north parallel marks the northern boundary of the tropics.

This metal church may or may not have been designed by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.