This softball diamond has a culture all its own.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

Balanced rock sculptures pay tribute to a murdered conservationist and his pioneer wife.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This Costa Rican chapel is the most metal church in the world, literally.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

The largest garbage dump in all of Central America is home to a tragic community that make their living from the refuse.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

Volcanic activity causes small pools of super-heated mud to boil furiously.

Military artifacts from the Salvadoran Civil War are displayed in this small but notable museum.

This risky summer festival honors a historic volcanic eruption.

A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash.