On this day in 1980, a Boeing 727 operating Pan American World Airways flight 421 crashed short of Costa Rica's Juan Santamaría International Airport. The flight was…
Look closely at this mid-1800s map of Costa Rica, and you might spot some major differences. For one, there's no Lake Arenal — that didn't exist until…
Soccer in Costa Rica has come a long way. According to the Costa Rican Soccer Federation (Fedefutbol), the beautiful game's origins here can be traced to the…
The National Stadium (Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica), which is located in La Sabana Metropolitan Park, marked Costa Rica's largest construction project in its history when it…
United States President John F. Kennedy visited Costa Rica in 1963 to attend the Conference of Presidents of the Central American Republic. In doing so, Kennedy became…
In honor of Costa Rica taking steps to rebuild its railroad to the Pacific, we're recognizing one of the country's most impressive architectural achievements. The Rio Grande…
Before it became the park we know today, La Sabana was Costa Rica's first international airport. This photo shows what that looked like — and just how…
We take a look back at a piece of Costa Rica history in another installment of Throwback Thursday (TBT). This week, let's go all the way back…
Flying today is cheaper than ever, and non-stop routes have connected Costa Rica to destinations across the Americas and Europe. But in the 1940s, even a direct…
Why are Costa Ricans so happy? It might just be because of the talking, anthropomorphic sloths. A second video features Mr. Sloth as he visited Arenal Volcano in…
