Located outside Medellín, this Colombian park focuses on conservation and sustainability.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.

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

This unusual monument shows a naked Simón Bolívar stripped of clothing, medals, and swords.

The (usually) serene burial place of the world's most notorious drug lord.

This city park wants you to take your shoes off.

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

This dramatic monument in Colombia honors a little-known indigenous fighter for independence.

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

The religious shrine that Pablo Escobar's men would allegedly visit before completing a mission.

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

A museum showcasing the history of sugarcane with a rich history.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.