The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

These red and black houses were awarded to the firefighters who saved their city from an enormous blaze.

The abandoned remains of this once-thriving hotel looms over the city, awaiting an uncertain future.

This museum preserves the heyday of Puerto Rican coffee.

This community-driven organization uses education and eco-friendly technology to protect the environment.

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

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

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

At this studio, musicians, engineers, and quite possibly a music-loving ghost carry on Puerto Rico's musical traditions.

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

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

This beach pool offers a spectacle of crashing waves, blue hues, and a historical lighthouse.

This small fort played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city.

The crumbling remnants of this 19th-century quarantine hospital hint at the touristy island's darker past.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

Puerto Rico's oldest rum producer started its 140-year-old business with "a little barrel."

The ruins of the first Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico.

Archaeological sites and great food inside the island's largest mangrove forest.

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.

A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.

This nearly abandoned "company town" is a ghost of Puerto Rico's once-lucrative sugar industry.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

One of the first Second Empire-style buildings constructed in North America.