Puno

Places in this region

La Rinconada

The highest and saddest town in the world

It's hard to imagine living three miles above the sea. High in the Andes, the people of La Rinconada have been fighting for years to survive in a climate where most people on this world would be... »

Odd Accommodations, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian

Aramu Muru

An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway"

In the early 1990s, mountaineering guide Jose Luis Delgado Mamani was exploring the Peruvian countryside when he came across an area where the rock had been smoothed to a flat surface and adorned... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan and wythe