This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

The 17th-century hacienda where Simón Bolívar spent his last days before dying from tuberculosis.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

This city park wants you to take your shoes off.

In the heart of Medellín, an artsy urban complex sets the stage for demonstrations and protests.

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

Largest monument in Colombia depicts 14 lancers who drove back an army.

A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.

This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.

This colonial town in Colombia sits around the largest stone paved square in South America.

This small bridge serves as a symbol of South America's independence.

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.

Known as the site of 'El Dorado,' this mysterious lake is rumored to hold gold beneath its waters.

The entire town looks like a slice of Spain that was carted across the ocean and plunked in the Andes.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the earth's surface.

Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.

This archaeological museum in an 18th-century mansion showcases the country’s finest examples of pre-Columbian ceramics.

Erected in 1803, it is the first astronomical observatory that was built in the Americas.

This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.