If you are looking for a quick getaway, consider Puerto Rico. The island has been hit hard by repeated storms, but tourism still thrives, including a steady stream of cruise ships to the Caribbean ...

Juan Ponce de León died before the construction of the house was completed, but his family occupied the home for 250 years. The house is now Museo Casa Blanca, a museum that’s open to the public.

These were the days when Indians whooped it up in this area, the overland stage rattled into the village and Juan Maria Ponce de Leon moved in and set up his sprawling adobe ranch headquarters ...