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The beautiful Dog Islands of the British Virgin Islands got their name when early sailors mistook seals' characteristic barking for that of a dog's.

Morne Mire is aptly-named, its heights offering a beautiful "mire," or sight, of La Grande Soufrière volcano and Basse-Terre on mainland Guadeloupe.

During the dry season, Martinique's Îlet Sainte-Marie becomes a peninsula, or le Tombolo de Sainte-Marie. Some say it also attracts a mystical spirit...

Constructed in 1913 to honor King Edward VII, The Half Way Tree Clock Tower would grow to take on extra added meaning to all Kingstonians...

It stands out among the myriad of high-rise resorts that line Palm Beach: Aruba's California Lighthouse, a beacon in more ways than one.

You're really just out there at Wade's Green Plantation, seemingly miles from civilization, way up in the North Caicos bush.

In the heart of uber-touristy Philipsburg, Sint Maarten lies the Philipsburg Courthouse, a historical treasure worth checking out.

In what may come as a surprise to some, there are more islands in the Islands of Trinidad and Tobago than just, you know, Trinidad and Tobago.

In one very special corner of the Caribbean the use of machetes extends to art; an ancient martial art some 225 years old called Tire Machèt.