Host Forrest Galante visits Medellín to study the terrifying phenomenon endangering Colombia's ecosystem and people.

Escobar bought four of the exotic creatures from a California zoo in the 1980s after getting rich, and transferred them to his sprawling ranch, Hacienda Napoles, located midway between his ...

Pablo Escobar's Hacienda Napoles a tourist hit THE eccentric home of South America's most notorious drug lord has become a hit with tourists. By Lee Taylor less than 2 min read November 9, 2009 ...

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia (CIRCA) -The property has made the full transition from Escobar’s drug-fueled shenanigans during the 1970s and '80s, to an African-themed zoo, a water park, and a center ...

Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Notorious Colombian cocaine lord Pablo Escobar once lived in a sprawling estate known as Hacienda Nápoles.

Hacienda Napoles, located midway between Medellin and Bogota, was a sprawling ranch owned by Pablo Escobar. Google Maps ...

The Hacienda Napoles was Pablo Escobar's lavish weekend getaway before he was gunned down 13 years ago on the roof of a three-story safe house in Medellin as he tried to escape from a special ...

Visitors feed Vanessa, a baby hippopotamus, at Hacienda Napoles, a theme park near Puerto Triunfo municipality in northwest Colombia on June 21. The park, which opened last year, is housed on the ...

Escobar and a kangaroo at Hacienda Napoles Smithsonian Channel/Edgar Jimenez The hippos proved too cumbersome and costly to move — about $40,000, at a time when almost half the population of ...