Entertainers walk past the Fototeca de Cuba, an archive and gallery of Cuban photography begun in 1937 by the former City Historian Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring. Néstor Martí

Special Report

Tony Perrottet’s Cuba

A collection of writings by the Smithsonian magazine contributor about the storied Caribbean island

Che's Kid Hits the Road

Travel

Roaring Through Cuba With Che Guevara's Son

What's Ernesto Guevara, son of the world's most recognizable revolutionary, doing on a Harley Davidson? Leading a whirlwind tour around his native island

Ed Sullivan interviews Fidel Castro in January 1959, shortly after dictator Fulgencio Batista had fled the country.

History

When Fidel Castro Charmed the United States

Sixty years ago this month, the romantic victory of the young Cuban revolutionaries amazed the world—and led to a surreal evening on “The Ed Sullivan Show”

Formerly an arcade and office building, dating to 1917, the structure underwent a city-led restoration and reopened last year as the Hotel Manzana Kempinski.

Travel

The Man Who Saved Havana

As its greatest old buildings were falling down, a fearless historian named Eusebio Leal remade the city into a stunning world destination

Today Santiago de Cuba, which lies at the foot of the Sierra Maestra, is a bustling cultural capital.

History

How Cuba Remembers Its Revolutionary Past and Present

On the 60th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s secret landing on Cuba’s southern shore, our man in Havana journeys into the island’s rebel heart