Classic American cars from the 1950s are a common sight in Cuba, where sales of newer vehicles from the U.S. have been blocked by an embargo for decades.

If you have read anything about Cuba, you likely learned that old, American cars are plentiful in the capital city of Havana ...

For a United States citizen, the only way to travel to Cuba is with a group. I went with Road Scholar with our mission and required visa stating that our trip was in “support of the Cuban people ...

Before then, only cars that were in Cuba before the 1959 revolution could be freely bought and sold, which is why there are so many U.S.-made, vintage 1950s cars on the streets.