This unofficial museum details the rise and fall of Colombia's most notorious narcotrafficker, Pablo Escobar.

Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

The centuries-old trees are draped with Spanish moss to make them look like wizened elders.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

A park with one large cat sculpture and 15 smaller ones, all painted by different Colombian artists.

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

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

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

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

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

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

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

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.