An abandoned company town and cement factory outside of Bogotá, now haunted by ghosts and scofflaws.

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

Every Sunday, Bogotá turns 75 miles of its city streets into a bicycle superhighway.

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

Largest monument in Colombia depicts 14 lancers who drove back an army.

This small bridge serves as a symbol of South America's independence.

This dramatic monument in Colombia honors a little-known indigenous fighter for independence.

This statue pays homage to a group of kids's childhood companion who once called the park home.

This unusual monument shows a naked Simón Bolívar stripped of clothing, medals, and swords.

This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.

Erected in 1803, it is the first astronomical observatory that was built in the Americas.

A self-taught astronomer fell in love with the stars and built his own observatory in Colombia.

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

This colonial town in Colombia sits around the largest stone paved square in South America.

Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated 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.

A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.

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

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

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

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.