The Valle de las Animas, or Valley of the Souls is a densely packed forest of rock formations, each stabbing toward the sky in great clusters. Formed out of mudrock and erosion over hundreds of... »

Geological Oddities | Edited by serflac and atimian

Somewhere around 14,000 feet above sea level is Laguna Colorada, Bolivia's stunning white-speckled, red lake. Part of Bolivia's salt wonders of the altiplano, the lake and its nearly-extinct... »

Natural Wonders, Wonders of Salt | Edited by serflac and atimian

When the Spanish swept through Latin America in the 16th century, they destroyed almost everything they touched. The little they left standing, they mislabeled with incorrect European designations... »

Retro-Tech, Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

At a height of over 4,000 meters, Potosí, capital of the Bolivian state of the same name, is one of the highest cities in the world. But even an elevation as high as this does not stop the nearby... »

Architectural Oddities, Subterranean Sites | Edited by PaperTiger, Nicholas Jackson and others

It's a cemetery for trains, for locomotives. And it's so big that it looks as though all of the trains in South America are moved to Uyuni, Bolivia, to chug their last chug. Filled with... »

Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech, Intriguing Environs, Ghost Towns | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Located on Calle Jiminez and Linares between Sagarnaga and Santa Cruz, it's impossible to miss the Witches' Market of La Paz, which is found in a lively tourist area. Dozens of vendors line the... »

Memento Mori, Intriguing Environs, Cultures and Civilizations , Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

A limestone wall covered with preserved dinosaur tracks was discovered in 1994 near a cement factory in southern Bolivia. Four years later, when a team of scientists led by a famed Swiss... »

Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

3,800 square-miles of salt flat spread out across Bolivia's remote southwest. Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world, an endless sheet of hexagonal tiles (created by the crystalline... »

Natural Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities, Wonders of Salt | Edited by Dylan and wythe

Yungas road in Bolivia is a motorway that achieved a high degree of Internet notoriety. Due to abysmal driving conditions it has earned the nickname "Death Road" and is included in several lists... »

Disaster Areas | Edited by stanestane and AllisonEng