The Puerto Rican military outpost founded in 1521 is not only the oldest city in the U.S., but it's vibrant with color, ...

Ponce, Puerto Rico's fourth-largest city, is the birthplace of a long roster of Puerto Rican writers, statesmen, singers and poets. Known as the Ciudad Senorial (the Noble City) or La Perla del ...

One of his lieutenants, Juan Ponce de León, returned in 1508 and claimed the island for the Spanish Crown, which coined the name Puerto Rico—the "rich port." It was time to explore the ...