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.

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

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

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

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.

A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A huge, bustling local market in Panama City.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.