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

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

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

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

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

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

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.

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

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.

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

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

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

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

A volcanic crater that visitors can look inside.

A gorgeous and extensive collaboration between biologists and artists, displaying skeletons and other animal remnants in lifelike poses.

This hidden pre-Columbian rock art depicts a whale hunt.

At this beautifully preserved Pre-Hispanic site, you can see ancient petroglyphs with depictions of llamas and alpacas.

One of the world's most complete mineralogical collections.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.

Walk on a glass floor suspended over ancient mummified remains.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.