Geographically Yours

Caryatids: two of them. They support a false balcony overlooking the main entrance to the house of a wealthy industrialist in Ponce. Thei...

The location is perfect for these beauty queens: Plaza las Delicias. They just add to the 'delights' that grace the landscape in ...

Three Morro Castles made sure, for more than a century, that the Caribbean was a Spanish lake. Two were in Cuba and one was in Puerto Ric...

Thanks to the National Park Service, we know that "Spain's King Philip hired Field Marshall Juan de Tejada and Buatista Antonell...

Some will celebrate Columbus Day today. Some will celebrate Columbus Day tomorrow. Some will celebrate Columbus Day not at all. Some will...

What happens when communities get bitten by behemoths? Local restaurants flounder. Burger King is the second largest burger chain in the ...

Flag Day is today. Fly the Stars and Stripes. Fly them over Houston. Unfurl them in Detroit. Hoist them high in Boston, U.S. territo...

What do we post-moderns have to learn from the pre-moderns? That we can live compatibly with nature; that we should take from nature onl...

The most picturesque cemetery in Old San Juan overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. It was named after a popular 17th century saint, Mary Magdale...

It used to be a tradition (rarer these days) to honor the illuminati of history by naming schools after them. In Puerto Rico, they have ...

It won't be long til this rock-a-bye baby outgrows the cradle she has made for herself in the treetop. But, she'll continue climb...

For sale by the fire station in the middle of Ponce, they are: pulpy refreshments known as Spanish limes. They are not limes at all, thou...

San Cristóbal was built in 1783, but parts of the fort go back to the 1600s. Here in Puerto Rico, the sentry boxes are called garitas . B...

"Our life is frittered away by detail . . . Simplify, simplify, simplify!" So, let's all head for whatever Walden Pond we f...

What does the name Plaza de Armas tell you about how this space was used in the past? What does the cultural landscape tell you about the...