One of the first Spanish-style houses in the New World, this building now serves as a cultural center.

One of Santo Domingo's main gathering places, this plaza has a bronze statue of Columbus at its center.

This dive site is a 69-foot-long tugboat that sits intact on the seafloor.

This multi-million-dollar lighthouse was built in 1992 to celebrate the 400 year anniversary of Columbus's landing in the Americas and is the site of the explorer's bones.

This sixteenth-century mansion was built for Rodrigo de Bastidas, one of the most powerful men in the early days of the colonial era.

The ruins of the once thriving fortified city that Columbus built to protect the gold supply of the island's interior.

The ruins of the first New World monastery lie here, destroyed by two different earthquakes.

One of the first European forts to be constructed in the Americas.

Still a vibrant part of town, this compact area contains many museums and other historic buildings documenting the Caribbean's earliest history, both Indian and European.

This 18th-century Jesuit church is the resting place for many of the greatest Dominican heroes.

This cobblestone street, the first ever built in the New World, is known for its numerous beautiful structures from centuries past.

The construction of one of the oldest forts in the Americas was completed in 1507.

This imposing structure has been in use since the early 16th century and was used by Generalísimo Trujillo to imprison and torture his enemies in the 1950s.

This convent is the site of the first university constructed in the Americas in 1538.

The remains of one of Columbus's earliest New World settlements.

The former house of Francisco de Tostado, the first native professor at the local university, has been transformed into the museum of the Dominican Family.

This cliff has petroglyphs and cave paintings that were inscribed on it by the native people who inhabited the area before the arrival of the Spanish.