The centuries-old trees are draped with Spanish moss to make them look like wizened elders.

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

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

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

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

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

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

This maximum-security prison was abandoned to make way for a national park.

The world's only pure blue lizard lives exclusively on this secluded tropical island.

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

Would you dare to dangle from a great height in a wooden basket?

Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.

This cave system allegedly holds the "metallic library" of a lost ancient civilization.

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

A narrow ghost town built onto a peninsula behind a Colombian Slum.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.