This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.

Thousands of Haitians travel to the waterfalls to ask the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and her voodoo counterpart Erzulie for healing in a yearly pilgrimage.

A macabre sculpture museum in the capital of Haiti fuses human bones with broken metal to create challenging contemporary art.

Columbus' failed colony in the New World.

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

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

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

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

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

After Christopher Columbus died, his son built a fancy house to rule from.

The first official clock in North America, it kept time for the Spanish government of Santo Domingo.

One of the first sewers in the Americas.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.

This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.