North America

Antigua and Barbuda

A twin-island nation famed for 365 beaches

Bahamas

An archipelago of cays and shallow turquoise seas

Barbados

The easternmost Caribbean isle, coral-built and outward-looking

Belize

A jungle-and-reef nation where Maya ruins meet the Caribbean

Canada

The world's second-largest country, from Atlantic to Pacific to Arctic

Costa Rica

A green republic of volcanoes, cloud forest, and two coasts

Cuba

The largest Caribbean island, layered in history and music

Dominica

The wild Nature Isle of the Caribbean

Dominican Republic

Hispaniola's larger half, with the Caribbean's highest peak

El Salvador

Central America's smallest, most densely settled volcanic land

Grenada

The Spice Isle of nutmeg, rainforest, and reefs

Guatemala

The Maya heartland of highland volcanoes and rainforest

Haiti

The first Black republic, born of revolution

Honduras

A mountainous land between two seas and ancient Copan

Jamaica

The cultural powerhouse of reggae and the Blue Mountains

Mexico

Where ancient civilizations and a modern powerhouse meet

Nicaragua

The land of lakes and volcanoes at the isthmus's heart

Panama

The narrow isthmus where a canal joins two oceans

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The smallest sovereign state in the Americas

Saint Lucia

Home of the soaring twin Pitons

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

A volcanic main isle scattered into a yachting paradise

Trinidad and Tobago

The oil-rich southern islands, birthplace of Carnival and steelpan

United States

A continental superpower of fifty states and astonishing variety