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

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

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

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

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

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

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.