American citizens still have some hurdles to overcome before visiting Cuba, but as visitors from around the world already know, this island offers incredible opportunities for cultural exchange. Havana is a mix of old world architecture and current culture. Leave the capital and head to the small town of Trinidad to see more Spanish colonial architecture.

It has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and is a magnificent base of operations to visit the Valle de los Ingenios, a plain that was once the center of the sugar industry in Cuba.