In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

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

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

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

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

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

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

This unofficial museum details the rise and fall of Colombia's most notorious narcotrafficker, Pablo Escobar.

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

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

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.