Free Travel Videos: Musical Slideshow: The New Medellin, Colombia

Almost two decades after the death of Pablo Escobar, Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellin, is shedding its violent past and undergoing something of a renaissance. Get a glimpse of the new Medellin through the photos of an American expatriate and the music of local singer-songwriter Danny Polo.

Photographer Noah Bleicher, who runs a Medellin bed & breakfast with his wife, Marcela Swenson (a former Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio producer), showcases the city’s architecture both old and new, vibrant street life and natural surroundings.Photographer Noah Bleicher, who runs a Medellin bed & breakfast with his wife, Marcela Swenson (a former Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio producer), showcases the city’s architecture both old and new, vibrant street life and natural surroundings.