Places stenaavel Wants to Go

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

A town half-submerged in volcanic mud has become a pilgrimage site for devotees of one of the tragedy's victims.

Ride a steep cable car alongside a tall waterfall that feeds a near century-old power plant.

A lighthouse marking the northernmost point of continental South America.

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

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

At the site of a graffiti artist's murder, fellow artists gather to pay homage.

This narrow street is packed with street vendors and bars selling chicha.

In the heart of Medellín, an artsy urban complex sets the stage for demonstrations and protests.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

What was once the longest suspension bridge in Latin America was directly inspired by the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.

The (usually) serene burial place of the world's most notorious drug lord.

This maximum-security prison was abandoned to make way for a national park.

Would you dare to dangle from a great height in a wooden basket?

The religious shrine that Pablo Escobar's men would allegedly visit before completing a mission.

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

A rehabilitation center for some of South America's most unique and endangered animals.

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

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

A narrow ghost town built onto a peninsula behind a Colombian Slum.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

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 world's largest ecosystem of its kind is home to South America's only native species of bear.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.