Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

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

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

A mouldering Colombian bull ring stands as a reminder of the country's complicated relationship with a brutal sport.

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

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

Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.

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

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

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.

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

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

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

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

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.