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

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

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

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.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.

A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.

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

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

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

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

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

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.

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

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

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

A magical world of elves and fairies tucked amongst the trees in Colombia.

This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.

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

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the earth's surface.

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

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.