Salento, Colombia
Wax Palms of Cocora Valley
The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.
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Salento, Colombia
The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.
Villa de Leyva, Colombia
This colonial town in Colombia sits around the largest stone paved square in South America.
Villa de Leyva, Colombia
This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.
Villa de Leyva, Colombia
A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.
Ventaquemada, Colombia
This small bridge serves as a symbol of South America's independence.
Tocancipá, Colombia
A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.
Bogotá, Colombia
Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.
Bogotá, Colombia
Colombia's first concrete structure doubles as a replica of Versaille's Petit Trianon Belvedere and a symbol for development.
Bogotá, Colombia
Every Sunday, Bogotá turns 75 miles of its city streets into a bicycle superhighway.
Bogotá, Colombia
Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.
Bogotá, Colombia
Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.
Bogotá, Colombia
The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.
Bogotá, Colombia
This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.
Bogotá, Colombia
This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.
Bogotá, Colombia
A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.
Bogotá, Colombia
At the site of a graffiti artist's murder, fellow artists gather to pay homage.
Bogotá, Colombia
Erected in 1803, it is the first astronomical observatory that was built in the Americas.
Bogotá, Colombia
Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.
San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia
This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.
Guatavita, Colombia
The entire town looks like a slice of Spain that was carted across the ocean and plunked in the Andes.