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Cuba

J.C. Newman Cigar Factory

Tour the oldest family-owned cigar-rolling factory in the country—then learn how to roll your own.

The wreck is just two nautical miles from the town of Sisal.

Found: The Wreck of a Ship That Carried Enslaved Maya from Mexico to Cuba

This slave trade is well known to historians, but this is the first known wreck from it.

Matthew Taub September 23, 2020

Mexico City, Mexico

Café La Habana

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

Triple decker rye, with boarshead ham, Swiss, coleslaw and Russian dressing.

New Jersey Sloppy Joe

It's not what you think it is, unless you're from the Garden State.

Hand-drawn illustration of a blue passionflower.

A Forgotten Botanist’s Stunning 19th-Century Manuscript Is Now Online

It is considered one of the most comprehensive works on Cuba’s flora during the colonial period.

Jonathan Carey February 5, 2019

Cuban refugees wait for U.S. Immigration Service officials aboard the shrimp boat Big Babe at Key West, Florida.

When Georgia Shrimpers Hauled Cuban Refugees

How a standoff with Castro knocked a hole in the shrimping village of Thunderbolt.

Alexandra Marvar November 5, 2018

An illustration of Che Guevara.

In Cuba, You Can't Spell 'Chess' Without 'Che'

He died 50 years ago today, but the revolutionary's zeal for the game of kings lives on in Havana.

Vittoria Traverso October 9, 2017

The embassy.

Washington, D.C.

The Cuban Embassy's Hemingway Bar

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

Cuba's famous Havana Club rum.

Cuba Is Trying to Settle a $276 Million Cold War Debt With Rum

Erik Shilling December 16, 2016

American Cruise Ship Arrives in Cuba for the First Time Since 1978

It's been a long time.

Erik Shilling May 2, 2016

The Strikingly Well-Preserved Modernist Homes of Pre-Revolutionary Cuba

Photographing history in Havana's Nuevo Vedado neighborhood.

Anika Burgess April 27, 2016

The First Mail Flight to Cuba in 50 Years Carried a Letter from Obama

A 76-year-old Cuban will soon get a letter from the American president.

Erik Shilling March 18, 2016

Has Any Human Lived As Well As Fidel Castro's Favorite Cow?

Barry Nicolson February 17, 2016