This city park wants you to take your shoes off.

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

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

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

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

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

A small museum filled with unique fossil finds, including one of the oldest specimens of ground sloths found in Colombia.

Colombia's first concrete structure doubles as a replica of Versaille's Petit Trianon Belvedere and a symbol for development.

This narrow street is packed with street vendors and bars selling chicha.

At the site of a graffiti artist's murder, fellow artists gather to pay homage.

Every Sunday, Bogotá turns 75 miles of its city streets into a bicycle superhighway.

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

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

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

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

A cheeky name for an observatory visitor's center.

Hidden within the waterfront hills resides this dilapidated military stronghold.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

The remains of Uruguayan hero José Artigas lie beneath a monument in Montevideo’s main square.