A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

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

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

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

A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

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

Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

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

A flower grows on this giant stone that is said be able to control minds.

A pre-Columbian ceremonial and astronomical site built by the Taino Indians.

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

A remarkable range of flora and fauna are represented in this Dominican nature preserve.

Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.

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

The first hospital in the New World.

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