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

The world's largest ecosystem of its kind is home to South America's only native species of bear.

A museum of memories in what was once one of the most violent cities in the world.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

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

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

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

A self-taught astronomer fell in love with the stars and built his own observatory in Colombia.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

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

A narrow ghost town built onto a peninsula behind a Colombian Slum.

A scalable map of Colombia with the bonus of a butterfly house.

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.

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

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

This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.

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

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

The world's only pure blue lizard lives exclusively on this secluded tropical island.

The enormous appendage offers spectacular views of Colombia's Huila Department.

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

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