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

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

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

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.

Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.

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

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

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

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

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

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

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

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

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.