La Paz

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Image of Valle de las Animas located in La Paz, Bolivia
La Paz, Bolivia

Valle de las Animas

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations

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

Image of Bolivia's Witches' Market located in La Paz, Bolivia
La Paz, Bolivia

Bolivia's Witches' Market

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck

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