Medellín, Colombia
Plaza Botero
Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.
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Medellín, Colombia
Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.
Medellín, Colombia
An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.
Medellín, Colombia
Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.
Medellín, Colombia
Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.
Curitiba, Brazil
Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.
Curitiba, Brazil
A shrine to a 19th-century femicide victim turned miracle worker.
Curitiba, Brazil
Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A trio of waterfalls inside the world’s largest urban forest.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.
Niterói, Brazil
An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."
Brazil
Site full of incredible prehistoric paintings and archeological findings.
Bogotá, Colombia
A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.
Bogotá, Colombia
Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.
Bogotá, Colombia
This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.
Bogotá, Colombia
Every Sunday, Bogotá turns 75 miles of its city streets into a bicycle superhighway.