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A view of the capital of Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas. The port city&apos;s deepwater harbor was once a haven for pirates. Today, it is a famed cruise ship port of call.
Trunk Bay is a beautifully sited locale on the island of Saint John and one of the most photographed places in the Virgin Islands. The bay has an underwater trail for snorkeling along its coral reef. Image courtesy of the US Geological Survey.
Snow white beach on Saint John. At 50 sq km, Saint John is the smallest of the three main US Virgin Islands. Approximately 60% of the island is protected as Virgin Islands National Park. Photo courtesy of the US National Park Service.
Aerial view of Annaberg Plantation. By 1780, the plantation was one of 25 active sugar producing factories on St. John. Other products produced at Annaberg were molasses and rum. Slave labor was used to clear densely forested hillsides and to terrace the slopes around Annaberg to make farming possible. Slave labor was also used to plant, harvest, and process the sugarcane. Today the plantation ruins are protected by the Virgin Islands National Park and are open to the public. Trees have once again claimed the hillsides around Annaberg. Photo courtesy of the US National Park Service.
Peace Hill sugar mill ruin. The plantation that stood here was actually called Denis Bay. Established in 1718, it was one of only five plantations on St. John that employed wind power for the production of sugar cane. Photo courtesy of the US National Park Service/Susanna Pershern.
The Commandant's Quarters at Fort Christiansvaern in Christiansted, St. Croix. The building is part of the Christiansted National Historic Site, which preserves 18th and 19th century structures relating to urban colonial development in the Virgin Islands. The site is in the heart of Christiansted, the capital of the former Danish West Indies on St. Croix Island. Photo courtesy of the US National Park Service.
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