No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

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

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

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

The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.

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

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

Learn the history of Dominican rum production.

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

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.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

The first hospital in the New World.

Columbus' failed colony in the New World.

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

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

Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This softball diamond has a culture all its own.

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

This giant Cold War satellite dish has become a symbol of Trinidad's need for sovereignty.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

A violent name for a violent volcano.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.