Places alessandralee Wants to Go

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

A park with one large cat sculpture and 15 smaller ones, all painted by different Colombian artists.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

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