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Image of Sarisarinama located in Rio Lulaba, Venezuela
Rio Lulaba, Venezuela

Sarisarinama

Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela

Besides being one of the most remote locations in all of Venezuela, Sarisarinama is one of the most bizarre landscapes in the world. High in the clouds on a tepui, or tabletop mountain, are four... »

Martian Landscapes, Curious Caves, Subterranean Sites | Edited by serflac and atimian

Image of Dr. Gottfried Knoche and his mummies located in Caracas, Venezuela | Gottfried Knoche ( Halberstadt , Germany , 1813 - † Buena Vista, La Guaira , Venezuela , January 2 of 1901 )
Caracas, Venezuela

Dr. Gottfried Knoche and his mummies

Ruins of the laboratory where a mysterious doctor invented an embalming fluid and stored his mummies.

Gottfried Knoche, born in Halberstadt , Germany in 1813, was a German surgeon famous for inventing an embalming fluid with which he created dozens of mummified bodies... including his own.... »

Memento Mori, Mummies, Incredible Ruins | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and 3 others

Image of El Monumento a la paz located in Caracas, Venezuela | Outside wall.
Caracas, Venezuela

El Monumento a la paz

Dr. Farid Mattar's Monument of Peace

The Monument for the Peace was erected by Dr. Farid Mattar in 1963 as an ecological monument and a tribute to recycling. Constructed only with stones and leftovers from constructions sites all... »

Outsider Art, Unusual Monuments, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by A Facebook user and Dylan

Image of Mount Roraima located in Venezuela
Venezuela

Mount Roraima

The Floating Island

It might look like it's straight out of a sci-fi movie, but this natural wonder is completely real, and fully awe inspiring. Mount Roraima, bordered by three different countries (Venezuela, Brazil... »

Natural Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by Genki

Image of Relampago del Catatumbo located in Estado Zulia, Venezuela
Estado Zulia, Venezuela

Relampago del Catatumbo

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone

There's something strange in the air where the Catatumbo River flows into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela... For 140 to 160 nights out of the year, for 10 hours at a time, the sky above the river... »

Weird Weather Phenomena | Edited by wythe, mrobscurity and 2 others