Cuba‘s well-known for, among other things, its architecture. However, after 50 years of neglect, many of its now historic buildings are falling apart. Many others struggle to retain their majestic beauty. I can only imagine how splendid these buildings looked back then. We should have stopped at La Floridita for a daiquiri, but didn’t. Previously supporters of the revolution, the Bacardi family left Cuba rather than let the regime nationalize...

As we meandered around Havana, these are a few of the things we saw. A few mornings we walked the Malecon, from Vedado, where we were staying. to Old Havana. We’d always see people sweeping the streets and cleaning up in front of their buildings. We were impressed by many of the metal gates, fences and window grills we saw. One of the things that struck us right away was the...