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

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.

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

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

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

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

The world's largest wooden structure.

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.