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

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.

A three-tiered waterfall plummets from a mountain cave with amazing views over the countryside.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.