Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

This archaeological museum in an 18th-century mansion showcases the country’s finest examples of pre-Columbian ceramics.

A small museum filled with unique fossil finds, including one of the oldest specimens of ground sloths found in Colombia.

Colombia's first concrete structure doubles as a replica of Versaille's Petit Trianon Belvedere and a symbol for development.

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

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

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

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

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.

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

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

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

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

This antique rail car has been reborn as an urban cafe.

Haunted by its violent past, this colonial bastion was the largest Spanish military installation in the Americas.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.

Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.

The elaborate crypt where Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific were laid to rest.