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Unusual Attractions in Venezuela

Uribante, Venezuela

The Drowned Church of Potosi

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Mount Roraima

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

Relampago del Catatumbo

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

Merida, Venezuela

Coromoto Ice Cream Shop

Shop with the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

Sucre, Venezuela

Sarisarinama

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

Caracas, Venezuela

Dr. Gottfried Knoche and his mummies

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

Caracas, Venezuela

The Helix

This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.

Caracas, Venezuela

Tower of David

The world's tallest slum.

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Unique Food & Drink in Venezuela

Peanut Butter Fruit

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.

Banana Passionfruit

This tangy fruit flavors everything from ice cream to cocktails.

Blackberry Jam Fruit

Inside a hard, yellow shell lies a sweet, black spread.

Stinging Nettles

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

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Alternating Currents

The rise and fall of Venezuela, as seen from a Colombia border city, its grand mosque, and the migrants and converts who worship there.

by Megan Janetsky

September 29, 2019