Main Ridge Forest Preserve in Tobago is the oldest protected rainforest in the Western Hemisphere.
Trinidad is home to the largest Carnival in the Caribbean, which consistently ranks in the top 10 of most-coveted events in the world. 
Tobago got its name because it resembles a tobacco pipe (tavaco) used by locals.
The Limbo dance was created in Trinidad.
The novels Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island were based on these islands, and the movie Swiss Family Robinson was filmed here.
