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

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

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

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

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

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

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

Tucked in an urban forest, this restaurant specializes in homemade, healing rakijas.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.