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The mystery of how a huge 10-ton anchor was dragged over 100 miles to rest on the edge of Gustavia at the Square de la Retrocession, St. Barts.

The Church of Saint Catherine sits atop a hill over the town of Grand-Rivière. It's impossible to miss along the longest hiking trail in Martinique.

The surviving colonial architecture in St. Croix is strikingly beautiful. No building better showcases this better than Christiansted Government House.

Point Udall sunrises on St. Croix are magnificent for many reasons, but especially the memories. Don't have any? Now's as good a time as any to make some.

The St. Croix "Rain Forest" isn't actually a rainforest at all... Technically. Creque Dam, as we encountered it last summer, shows why.

Sometimes there's no place else you want to go; nowhere else that you'd rather be. That's the feeling I always get at Ilet Oscar.

Prune Bay just off the northeast shores of St. Croix is a prime spot for all sorts of wind-driven water sports – sailing, kiteboarding, windsurfing.

Red Devils Day in Martinique – the penultimate party of the Caribbean's longest and most inclusive Carnival. The streets bursting with raw, unbridled joy.

Non-touristy things often hide in plain sight within the most touristy places. Punta Cancun Lighthouse, or el Faro de Punta Cancun, is one such example.