If you want to tickle your nerves, you can go to such horrible places that are located all over the planet. There you will hear scary stories and you will see a lot of interesting things.
Processions took place at this place for almost 4 centuries, starting in 1439. The site is relatively small, only here more than 100 thousand dead were buried. The number of tombstones can reach 12,000. The workers of such a place covered older burials with earth, and new graves were erected in the same places.
On the territory of the cemetery, you can find places where 12 grave tiers are located under the earth's crust. When some time passes, the sagging earth reveals to your gaze the old tombstones, which later pits began to shift. The view is rather unusual, one might even say creepy.
2. Island of abandoned dolls in Mexico
In this country there is a rather strange abandoned island. Most of it is inhabited not by people, but by dolls. Some locals Rumor has it that in 1950, a hermit named Julian Barrera began collecting toys from wastebaskets. He also hung them around the island. It was in this way that Julian tried to calm the soul of a girl drowned nearby. As for Barrera himself, he drowned in 2001 on April 17 on the same island. Today, about 1000 specimens can be counted on the island.
Hasima is a former settlement of miners who mined coal. The place was founded in 1887. It is considered one of the most densely populated places on the planet. In 1959, with a coastline of about a kilometer, the population this place was equal to 5259 people. When it became unprofitable to mine coal here, the mine was closed, and the island city became a kind of place for ghosts. All this happened in 1974.
In the 16th century, the Chapel was built by a Franciscan monk. The chapel itself is not very large - only 18.6 meters long and 11 meters wide. However, here you can see the storage of the skulls and bones of five thousand monks. There is also an inscription on the roof of the chapel, which translates as: Better the day of death than the day of birth.
5. Forest of suicides. Japan
The informal name for the forest is Aokigahara Jukai. The forest can be found in Japan on the island of Honshu. It is famous for the fact that it is very often the locals commit suicide. From the very beginning, the forest has been associated with Japanese mythology, and according to tradition, it was also represented as the abode of ghosts and demons.
Nowadays, such a place is considered the second most popular in the world, where people commit suicide. The first place is located at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. When you enter the forest, there is a poster at the entrance: your life is a priceless gift from your parents. Think about them and your family. You don't have to suffer alone. Call us at 22-0110.
6. Abandoned psychiatric hospital in Parma, Italy and the Church of St. George, Czech Republic
The psychiatric hospital is quite a popular building. Both tourists and locals come here. Basically, youth parties take place within the walls of the building. However, there is also interesting fact that a Brazilian artist named Herbert Baglione created an art object from a building that once housed the hospital itself. He also showed the spirit of this place.
At present, only the ghostly shadows of exhausted patients roam the hospital. As for the church, it is located in the village of Lukova, it has been abandoned since 1968. It was on that day that part of the roof of the building collapsed during the funeral ceremony. The church was populated with ghost sculptures by the artist Jakub Hadrava. Such sculptures give a particularly sinister appearance to the church.
7. Catacombs in Paris, France
These catacombs were formed during the limestone mining for the construction of famous cathedrals and palaces. The first development was back in the time of Louis XI. The total length of the tunnels is from 87 to 300 km. In the middle of the century, the church allowed the burial of dead people on the lands that were adjacent to the churches. Then mass graves began not only in cemeteries, but also in these catacombs. It is worth noting that Victor Hugo learned the tunnel layout very well when he used his knowledge while writing the novel Les Misérables. The walls of the tunnels also hid many people during the war.
8. City of Centralia, Pennsylvania
Due to the fact that about 50 years ago an underground fire broke out, which continues to burn in our time, the number of local residents of the city decreased from 1000 to 7 people. Today, this city is considered the most sparsely populated in the United States. It was this town that became the prototype for the creation of the well-known film Silent Hill. He was also filmed in the picture itself.
Who knows, maybe something really terrible and dangerous lives in the town. Despite this, many tourists are still trying to get there and explore all the nooks and crannies. Only it is not recommended to go down into the mine.
If you want to buy yourself magical or witchcraft items, then you need to go straight to such a market. You can also find a wide variety of herbs here. The market is located right in the center of the city of Lome, which is the capital of the state of Togo. Until now, the Africans of Togo, Nigeria and Ghana profess the voodoo religion, they also believe in the miraculous properties of dolls.
The fetish assortment of the market is quite exotic. In such a place you can find the skulls of cattle, the dried heads of buffaloes, monkeys and leopards. There are also many other interesting things here. No one can say for sure whether voodoo actually works. After all, our residents have never yet taken root and observed customs, shamanic conspiracies and the like.
Poveglia is one of the most popular islands Venetian lagoon. It is also located in northern Italy. Some residents say that even in Roman times, the island was used as a place of exile for the exile of those who fell ill with the plague. That is why about 160,000 people were buried there. Allegedly, the souls of many of the dead turned into ghosts that still walk around the island today.
The dark reputation of this place is exacerbated by stories of monstrous experiments that were subjected to patients in a psychiatric clinic. Therefore, researchers paranormal activity such a place is called one of the most terrible places on the whole planet.
Video: top 10 scariest places on Earth
On our amazing planet there are a large number beautiful places, from the sight of which the heart stops and I want to live. Everyone would like to go to earthly paradise to enjoy its wonders and magnificence of nature, but if you turn the globe, you can find a lot of terrible and incredibly scary places, the top 10 of which we bring to your attention.
10. Chernobyl, Ukraine
Chernobyl - small town, located in the Kiev region, Ivankovsky district of Ukraine. The settlement, whose population was a little over 13,000 people, became infamous due to a man-made disaster that occurred at the local nuclear power plant in late April 1986. Today in place former city there is an exclusion zone, where only the brave dare to go. After the accident, local residents left these places, leaving behind signs of their life: in kindergarten toys lie on the dining tables, unread newspapers are slowly destroyed. Today, the level of radiation has ceased to pose a threat to humans, and therefore access is officially allowed here. You can come here by bus departing from Kiev, excursions include a nuclear reactor covered with a sarcophagus and the abandoned city of Pripyat.
9. Abbey of Thelema, Sicily, Italy
The Abbey of Thelema is a small building in which the famous occultist Aleister Crowley organized a secret society of séance lovers in 1920. Those who became members of this mystical organization prayed to the Sun and studied the writings of their leader. In 1923, a student died mysteriously in the Abbey building, who, according to his wife, had drunk cat's blood the day before at one of the rituals. The interview that the widowed woman gave to one of the publications reached Mussolini, who ordered Crowley to be expelled from the country, which was done in the same year. The building gradually fell into disrepair, and the locals whitewashed all the walls on which esoteric words were written. Today, the Abbey is almost completely destroyed, and everyone who lives nearby tries to bypass this place.
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8. Dead End Mary King, Edinburgh, Scotland
According to historical information, in the 17th century, a plague epidemic covered Edinburgh, and, in order not to spread the infection further, it was decided to isolate the sick in a certain part of the city. The owner of most of the buildings here was Mary King, so the ill-fated quarter was named after her. After some time, all the buildings here were dismantled, and mystical things began to happen at this place. Every now and then, around the corner, visitors were met by strange people in white robes, and at any approach to them, the ghosts disappeared. It is said that a poltergeist roams here in the form of a little girl who, in severe pain, died of the plague in 1645. A century later, a large building was erected in an ominous and gloomy dead end, which is shown to tourists today.
7. Winchester House, San Jose, California, USA
There are many legends and mysterious stories around this unusual house. It all started with the fact that the heiress of the arms factory, Sarah Winchester, was predicted by a fortune teller to be constantly haunted by ghosts, so it’s better for the girl to leave Connecticut forever. At the same time, the soothsayer said that the west of the country should become her new place of residence, where she should begin the construction of a huge building, but she could not finish the construction until her death. According to legend, Sarah did just that and continued to build a strange building from 1884 to 1938 until she died. The interior and structural features of the house terrify a normal person: the flights of stairs here rest against the ceiling, and the doors are located in the middle of the wall. Those who have ever visited this crazy building claim to have heard or seen a lot of inexplicable things here.
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6. Catacombs, Paris, France
The catacombs are a network of incredibly winding artificial caves and tunnels. The walls of the dungeon are lined with human skulls and bones like ceramic tiles, and the dry air keeps out the smell of a corpse. The total length of the catacombs is up to 300 km, and the number of those who found their last refuge here is about 6 million people. The history of the quarries began in the 11th century, when quarries began to be developed here in a closed way. A little later, the monks began to use these premises in the form of wine cellars, and quarrying continued. Many people who fell victim to the bubonic plague and St. Bartholomew's night are buried in these dungeons, and even such celebrities as Lavoisier, Robespierre, Pascal, Charles Perrault, Francois Rabelais are buried here.
5. Manchak Swamp, Louisiana, USA
Manchak is located near the city of New Orleans and is known among the indigenous population as the "bog of ghosts." According to legend, once upon a time in these places, a Voodoo queen was imprisoned, who cursed this place. The three villages that were here have disappeared forever, and those who dare to come here are waiting for wandering lights, gloomy shadows of centuries-old trees and inexplicable panic fear. At one time, runaway convicts who fled from their masters found the last refuge for the owl in these swamps. The crocodiles that live here will not give the traveler a single chance of survival, and the periodic human remains floating to the surface are just another confirmation of this.
4. Easter Island, Chile
This place is considered one of the most mysterious on our planet. Easter Island gained worldwide fame after the discovery of giant stone idols that stare into the sky with empty eye sockets. No one managed to unravel the secret of the origin of the statues, and who was their creator is also not known. No one is able to explain the appearance of sculptures on the islands, and how it was possible to make twenty-meter giants weighing 90 tons is still a mystery. In addition, the quarry from which the stone blocks were cut is located 20 km from the place where the statues were installed, so the question of how they were brought here also remains open.
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3. Black Magic Bazaar, Sonor, Mexico
The top three is opened by a chilling bazaar, where you can buy everything that witches and sorcerers offer. The Sonora Market is a huge labyrinth, passing through the street of which you can encounter any "evil spirits". Gloomy old women and dirty magicians are in small booths and offer only 10 dollars to buy amulets from poverty or punish your partner for adultery. Every day, hundreds of Mexicans and visitors to the country flock here to find out what awaits them in the future. Here you can buy dried hummingbirds, all kinds of potions, snake blood, black salt, golden sand and much more.
2. Truk Lagoon, Micronesia
Truk Lagoon is the largest cemetery military equipment and is located southeast of Hawaii. The bottom of this bay was explored in 1971 by Jacques Yves Cousteau, who confirmed that everything here is littered with the remains of ships sunk in 1944. This place is like a magnet attracts many scuba divers from all over the world, although many divers claim that the presence of teams is felt here, forever imprisoned inside the metal casing. Many aircraft carriers, fighters and ships have already become part of the coral reefs, and many brave divers have never come to the surface again.
1. Mutter Museum of the History of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
The museum is located in the state of Pennsylvania, in one of the buildings of the medical college and is the largest collection of pathologies. The exposition was opened in 1750 and is intended for the education of future doctors and contains an incredible amount of human anomalies and pathologies, as well as ancient medical devices, tools and all sorts of biological oddities. Here is the world's largest collection of skulls, and in addition, visitors are offered to look at a mummified woman who turned into soap. Other items include the liver of Siamese twins, the skeleton of a boy with two heads, and a fused female fetus. Visiting the museum for people with a weak psyche or too impressionable is not recommended, since most of the exhibits inspire chilling horror on guests.
Hands to Feet. Subscribe to our channel atWe present to your attention a list of the ten most terrible places on planet Earth. Frost on the skin from one thought to stay in any of them alone with himself. But you don't have to be afraid. After all, no matter how terrible they may seem, they are still part of our world. It is worth noting that we made some of them ourselves ...
Poveglia, Italy
Poveglia is a small island located in the Venetian lagoon in northern Italy. They say that in the middle of the XIV century, when a plague pandemic (Black Death) raged in Europe, the island was used as a place of exile for the sick. It is assumed that up to 160,000 people were buried on it, whose souls supposedly still roam the island. Also, the terrible reputation is aggravated by the fact that from 1922 to 1968 there was a psychiatric hospital in which a certain doctor allegedly experimented on patients, and later committed suicide.
In 2014, the Italian government announced an auction for a 99-year lease on Poveglia. Visiting the island is strictly limited.
Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
The Hill of Crosses is a shrine, a place of pilgrimage, located 12 kilometers from the city of Siauliai, Lithuania. It is a small hill on which Lithuanian crosses are installed. The exact number of crucifixes is unknown, but it is estimated that there are supposedly about 50,000 of them here. The Hill of Crosses, despite its external similarity, is not a cemetery. According to the belief, the one who leaves the cross here will be pursued by good luck.
Varosha, Cyprus
Varosha is a ghost town in the southern part of the Cypriot city of Famagusta. Until the Turkish invasion in 1974, it was a modern and main tourist center in Cyprus. Its inhabitants fled and did not return after the Turkish army invaded the island in response to a political upheaval in the country. The general public is not allowed to enter Varosha.
Charleville Castle, Ireland
Charleville is a castle built in the Gothic style. Located in County Offaly, near the River Shannon in Ireland. The castle has a not very good reputation and is famous for the ghosts that live in it. The most famous is the ghost of a girl named Harriet, who died here by accidentally falling down the stairs. Charleville Castle has been repeatedly investigated by psychics, as well as groups involved in the study of the paranormal.
Manchak swamps, USA
The Manchak Marshes, also known as the Ghost Marshes, are located in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. According to legend, this place was cursed by a voodoo queen after she was captured at the beginning of the 20th century. Quite large alligators live here and only, occasionally, the remains of bodies that once fled here in the hope of hiding from the owners emerge.
Shades Of Death Road, USA
Fifth place in the ranking of the ten most terrible places in the world is Shades Of Death Road - a seven-mile (11.2 km) road in the center of Warren County, New Jersey, USA. It is the subject of numerous local legends. The road has been linked to unsolved murders that have taken place in its vicinity, as well as to ghosts and other supernatural phenomena.
Pripyat, Ukraine
Aokigahara forest, Japan
Aokigahara or "Suicide Forest" is also known as Jukai - a very dense forest, with total area 35 square kilometers, located at the northwestern foot of Mount Fuji on the Japanese island of Honshu. It is considered a popular place for suicide, or rather, the second most popular in the world, after one of the most beautiful bridges - the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Between 70 and 100 bodies are found in the forest each year. According to the method of suicide, drug poisoning and hanging are leading. Also, the Aokigahara forest is associated with Japanese mythology and is traditionally considered the habitat of demons and ghosts.
Catacombs of Paris, France
The catacombs of Paris are the world famous artificial network of winding tunnels under Paris. According to various estimates, their length varies from 187 to 300 kilometers. In fact, this is a huge underground cemetery that stores the remains of about six million people. Currently considered a popular place among tourists, however, only 2 km of underground passages are open to them.
Island of the Dolls, Mexico
Island of the Dolls is located about 18 km from the city of Mexico City. Known primarily for old broken dolls that "decorate" tree branches. According to legend, the island is haunted by the ghost of a drowned girl, who in the 1950s constantly appeared to the Mexican Julian Santana Barrera. Later, for unknown reasons, the man left his family and went to live as a hermit on Mysterious Island. He claimed that he looked for dolls in landfills, fished them out of canals and hung them on trees to appease evil spirits, as well as make peace with the ghost of a dead girl. He also stated that supposedly at night, the dolls come to life and walk around the island. Julian drowned in April 2001, his body was found in one of the canals on the island.
There are places where even the most courageous and hardened people will not want to go. Places of bloody tragedies, murders, supernatural phenomena or just very creepy incidents that give chills to even the most desperate.
If you are one of those people who has a strange fascination with haunted houses and creepy places then you will definitely enjoy this post! This list contains 25 of the scariest places that exist on our planet, and the faint of heart should avoid them at all costs!
From the fearsome "suicide forest" in Japan and the haunted Lip Castle in Ireland to the spooky voodoo market in Togo and the horrific Italian catacombs (with mummies dressed as if they were alive), all the places on today's list are like a nightmare!
25. Hashima Island, Japan
Once home to over 5,000 people, Hashima Island is now an abandoned and spooky place located almost 19 kilometers from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan.
The island was used as a mining enterprise, but after the end of coal mining, all the inhabitants soon left this place, leaving it at the mercy of nature.
24. Lake Natron, Tanzania
Located in northern Tanzania, Lake Natron is famous for its extremely high salt content, extremely high alkalinity and killer temperatures of up to 60°C.
There are only a few species of animals that have managed to adapt to this harsh environment, but if any other animal touches the water, it will burn its skin and kill. Then deposits of sodium carbonate will immortalize the body, turning it into a real mummy.
23. Catacombs of Paris, France
They are called the "Empire of the Dead". The catacombs of Paris are one of the largest and scariest catacombs in the world. With a total length of almost 200 kilometers, they are estimated to contain the remains of almost 6 million people.
Over the years, many people have lost and died in this extremely complex and extended system of tunnels and caves.
22. Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland
Located near the city of Auschwitz in southern Poland, the Nazi concentration camp is the site of the deaths of at least 1.1 million people (mostly Jews).
Living conditions in the camp were extremely brutal, and many of those who did not die in the gas chambers died from starvation, forced labor, infectious diseases, execution, or as a result of inhumane medical experiments.
21. Museum Frolik (Museum Vrolik), Netherlands
Located in Amsterdam, on the grounds of the University of Amsterdam, the Frolik Museum is one of the creepiest and scariest museums in the world.
Named after Willem Vrolik, a Dutch anatomist and pathologist, the museum houses various human anatomical anomalies in the form of bones, skulls, embryos and other body parts, and plaster models showing various aspects of embryology, pathology and anatomy. It houses numerous examples of birth defects and medical anomalies collected over a period of more than a century.
20. Beelitz Sanatorium, Germany
Located in the city of Belitz, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, the Belitz Sanitarium was once the place where Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was treated.
Currently, this large medical complex, consisting of 60 buildings, is in an abandoned and ruined state. A dilapidated hospital with graffiti-painted walls evokes a disturbingly creepy, post-apocalyptic atmosphere.
19. Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
Located about 12 kilometers north of the city of Siauliai in the north, the Hill of Crosses is unique place pilgrimages of Catholics, notable for the huge number of crosses, crucifixes, statues of the Virgin Mary and effigies.
The exact origin of the tradition of placing crosses on the hill is not known, but it is estimated that at least 250,000 crosses are currently located on the Hill of Crosses.
18. Suicide Forest, Japan
Officially called Aokigahara, the Suicide Forest grows at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan. Historically associated with demons from Japanese mythology The forest has such a dense arrangement of trees that it literally blocks the wind, making it an exceptionally quiet and creepy place.
Despite numerous signs urging people to reconsider their intentions, the forest - for some reason - has become a popular destination for suicides. According to statistics, about 100 suicides are committed here every year.
17. Chauchilla Cemetery, Peru
Located 30 kilometers south of the city of Nazca in southwestern Peru, Chauchilla Cemetery is an ancient cemetery containing mummified pre-Hispanic human remains and archaeological artifacts.
Thanks to the exceptionally dry climate of the Peruvian desert, the unprotected corpses, dressed in embroidered cotton clothing, are surprisingly well preserved.
16. Leap Castle, Ireland
Considered one of the most haunted castles in the world, Leap Castle has an unusually bloody history.
A cruel fratricide was committed in this 13th century castle, in addition, many people were imprisoned here and were executed. As such, the castle is said to be haunted by many spirits of the dead, including a rampaging supernatural entity known as "Elemental" ("It"), most recognizable by the accompanying smell of rotting flesh and brimstone.
15. Freeman Ranch, Texas, USA
The Freeman Ranch is a tract of land of just over 14 km² located between the cities of San Marcos and Wimberley in Central Texas.
The operating ranch is dedicated to various areas of research, including forensic anthropology. human remains left there to rot, then to study the processes of decomposition.
14. Pripyat (Prypiat), Ukraine
Located in northern Ukraine, Pripyat is the city where the Chernobyl accident took place in April 1986. Known as the worst nuclear power plant accident in human history, 31 people died in the accident, but long-term effects such as cancer and physical deformity continue to this day.
Estimates vary widely, but some say millions of people have been affected by the tragedy.
13. Stanley Hotel, Colorado, USA
One of the world's most famous haunted hotels, the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado inspired Stephen King to write the cult bestseller The Shining.
While staying at the hotel, King lived in room 217, however, the most haunting activity was said to be in room 478.
The hotel is allegedly haunted by the spirit of Flora Stanley, the owner's wife, who enjoyed playing the piano late at night. Her ghost is said to be very clearly visible.
12. Tuol Sleng, Cambodia
The Tuolsleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh is located on the site of a former school that was converted by the Khmer Rouge into the infamous Security Prison 21.
Between 1975 and 1979, up to 20,000 people were imprisoned, tortured and killed here.
The grim museum attracts hundreds of tourists every day and houses photographs of prisoners, skulls and instruments of torture.
11. Island of the Dolls, Mexico
Located on Lake Teshuilo near Mexico City, the Island of the Dolls is the spookiest place in all of Mexico.
Legend has it that the only inhabitant of the island, Don Julian Santana, found the body of a drowned girl in the canal. Haunted by her spirit, Santana began to collect dolls for her and continued to do so for many years until he drowned in the same waters.
Today, hundreds of creepy, mutilated dolls with severed limbs and severed heads "decorate" this island.
10. "Door to Hell" (Door to Hell), Turkmenistan
Also known as the "Fire Crater" or "", the "Door to the Underworld" is a natural gas field near the village of Darvaza. On the site of an underground cavern in 1971, a failure formed, which turned into a gas crater.
Hoping it would only burn for a few days, geologists ignited the gas to prevent the spread of methane, but the crater has been burning continuously ever since.
9. Snake Island, Brazil
For those who suffer from ophidiophobia (a pathological fear of snakes), Snake Island will definitely become the scariest place on Earth.
Located just off the coast of Sao Paulo, Brazil, this small 44.5 hectare island is home to over 4,000 snakes, including venomous species capable of "melting human flesh".
According to some reports, here you can find a snake on every square meter.
8. Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic
Located in the central part, the Sedlec Crypt is a small Roman Catholic chapel, which is located under the Cemetery Church of All Saints.
The chapel is famous for containing the skeletons of almost 70,000 people, whose remains were artistically hung as ornaments and furniture for the chapel. With its uniquely spooky interior and atmosphere, this spooky place has appeared in several horror films.
7. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Kentucky, USA
Formerly a tuberculosis treatment center in the early 20th century, Waverly Hills Sanitarium in Louisville, Kentucky is considered one of the scariest and most haunted places in the United States.
Within the walls of this sanatorium, 63,000 people died. Many deaths are due to improper medicine or immoral experiments. Shadows and screams of ghosts can be seen and heard throughout the building.
6. Catacombs of the Capuchins, Italy
Located in the Sicilian city of Palermo in southern Italy, the Capuchin Catacombs are unique funerary catacombs famous for the fact that human remains are displayed like museum pieces, dressed and set in normal life-like human poses.
Keeping about 8,000 corpses and 1,252 mummies within its walls, the catacombs have become a popular tourist attraction.
5. Oradour-sur-Glane, France
Located in west-central France, Oradour-sur-Glane is a small village that was the site of a horrific massacre by the Nazis during World War II after rumors surfaced that a German officer had been taken prisoner.
As a collective punishment, the villagers were gathered in the main square, and hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed by a terrifying machine-gun fire.
Today, this place serves as a museum and a permanent memorial to remember the atrocities that took place during the German occupation of France.
4. Akodessewa Fetish Market, Togo
Located in Lome, the capital of Togo, the Akodesseva amulet market is the world's largest amulet and voodoo market.
One of the creepiest places in Africa, the market offers everything from leopard heads and human skulls to voodoo priests who bless, create amulets or predict the future and cure diseases.
3. Bran Castle, Romania
One of the most terrifying castles in the world, Bran Castle is said to have once been the residence of Vlad III, the brutal Romanian ruler better known as Vlad Dracula or Vlad the Impaler.
Notorious for impaling his enemies, he inspired Bram Stoker to write his famous gothic horror novel Dracula. However, the castle has another spooky element: in one of the castle's chapels is a golden casket containing the heart of Queen Mary.
2. Kolmanskop, Namibia
Once a thriving diamond mining hub, Kolmanskop is now a ghost town in the Namib Desert in southern Namibia.
After the First World War, when the diamond reserves dried up, the city began to decline until it was finally abandoned in 1954. Over time, nature took its toll, and the desert took away this city from man, creating one of the most sinister places in Africa.
1. Kabayan Mummy Caves, Philippines
Discovered in Cabayan in the province of Benguet, the Cabayan mummy caves are natural caves that house Fire Mummies.
Dating as far back as 2000 BC, they are among the best preserved mummies in the world. Mummification began shortly after the death of a person whose stomach was digesting a very salty drink. Then the corpse was washed, placed in front of the fire in a sitting position and dried.
1. Manchak Marshes in Louisiana
In the US state of Louisiana, near the city of New Orleans, there are the impenetrable Manchak swamps, also known as the "Ghost Swamps". According to legends, this place was cursed by the black witch Voodoo when she was captured in the 20th century in these places. In the middle of the swamps stand centuries-old trees with spreading branches, sometimes descending to the very water, while the roots of trees stick out of the water, crawling out like snakes. The idea to drain the swamps and cut down the trees was not successful - several small villages were swept away by a hurricane, more than one hundred people perished in the swamp, their corpses still continue to emerge, although more than 100 years have passed. Currently, the Manchak swamps attract lovers of the occult and mysteries, and excursions are organized for those who wish.
2. Mutter Museum of Medical History in Philadelphia
The Mütter Museum of Medical History contains all kinds of pathologies, biological exhibits, and ancient medical instruments. The museum is located in North America, in the training center for doctors. The main part of the exhibition is made up of skulls and skeletons, although there are also a huge number of other unique exhibits, for example, a human intestine 12.5 cm long; a person who during his lifetime suffers from ossifying fibrodysplasia (in this disease, bones form at the site of wounds and bruises); Siamese twins; a baby with two heads, various growths, curvature and other deformities.
4. Kostnice (Bone Museum) in the Czech Republic
The history of the creation of the Ossuary began when Abbot Jindrich in 1278 brought a handful of holy earth from Golgotha and scattered it at the local cemetery, which has since become very popular, because everyone wanted to rest in holy ground. Many burials date back to the 14th century, when more than 30,000 people were buried here during the plague. Then there were waves, popular unrest, as a result of which the cemetery grew to enormous proportions. As a result, it was decided at new burials to take out the old bones and put them in the church. When the owners of the land became the Schwanzerbergs, they hired a woodcarver to somehow immortalize the remains. As a result, the Ossuary was created, in which all objects are made of thousands of human bones.
5. Dracula's Castle in Trasylvania
Bran Castle (the real name of Dracula's castle) was built back in the Middle Ages on one of the cliffs in the Carpathian Mountains. The castle is made in the Gothic style: stone stairs, narrow passages, cramped rooms - all this has a depressing effect on the psyche of a normal person. The castle even now looks like it was described in the famous novel "Dracula". The chimney of the castle makes howling sounds in strong winds - quite in the spirit of horror films. In one of the many rooms of the castle there is a huge bed, on which the owner of the castle supposedly sucked the blood from his victims.
6. Sonora Witch Market in Mexico City
Any tourist in Mexico City can visit the local witch market, which offers a wide selection of accessories for witchcraft (candles, herbs, Voodoo dolls, amulets, black salt, St. Ignatius water, golden sand, love potions, lotions and much more ), figurines of witches, wigs, bunches of garlic and other witch attributes. With a strong desire, you can even buy the blood of a rattlesnake or dried hummingbird to attract good luck. Here, for only 10 dollars, local witches, sitting in cramped little rooms, will save you from adultery and poverty. The Mexicans themselves believe in their witchcraft and before turning to doctors, they first try magic potions.
7. Truk Lagoon in Micronesia
Once based in the lagoon of Truk Island military base Japan, and was considered one of the most formidable, because of which the leadership of the base relaxed a little, despite the approach of the US army, which attacked the Japanese military in February 1944, catching the Japanese military by surprise. The outcome of this battle was the flooding of all available military equipment in the waters of the lagoon. Now the Truk lagoon is one of the most the best places for scuba diving, because here the types of old military equipment are combined with dozens of coral species and a variety of underwater world. However, not everyone dares to inspect the equipment, because there is an opportunity to meet their crew, which is still at their combat posts.
8. Torture Museum in Malta
There are enough museums in Europe that store all kinds of instruments of torture such as the "Spanish boot", guillotines and other terrible attributes, but the Maltese museum has the strongest impact on visitors. The museum is located in the capital of ancient Malta, the city of Mdina. The torture museum is located in one of the basements of the town, here are presented both real instruments of torture, such as nail pullers, a rack, a vice for squeezing the skull, and their "victims" made of wax - people with severed heads, hangmen. Scenes of these same tortures are also presented here - here is an executor pouring boiling oil into his victim with already bulging eyes; and here is the inquisitor pulling out the tongue of her victim. The hunchback - caretaker follows the brave sightseers.
9 Winchester California House
This huge mystical mansion is visited by tourists from all over the world, because a huge number of legends and mysteries are associated with it. Once upon a time, a fortune teller told the heiress of the arms company Sarah Winchester that she would be haunted by the ghosts of people killed from hard drives and this could only be avoided if she built a house that would be impossible to complete during her lifetime. The construction of the house went on for all 38 years that Sarah lived after this prediction. Now, in 160 rooms of this huge house, the ghosts of her madness live - doors that open in the middle of the wall; stairs leading to the ceiling; hooks, candelabra, spider motifs. Slamming doors, the sound of footsteps at night, moving lights and other frightening phenomena are often heard in the house.
10. Occult Abbey of Thelema in Sicily
At the beginning of the 20th century, Aleister Crowley was considered the most vile occultist in the world. And his stone house, filled with pagan frescoes, was the center of satanic orgies. Crowley became famous for his appearance on the cover of one of the Beatles' albums. Crowley became the founder of the Abbey of Thelema, which had the motto "Do what you will". Free love flourished here. The newcomers underwent a kind of rite of passage in the "Nightmare Room", where, under the influence of drugs, they had to spend the night among the frescoes of earth, hell and heaven. After the death of a popular English dandy within the walls of the abbey, the office was closed. Currently, the abbey is overgrown with grass and almost destroyed, but a few frescoes have been preserved and esoteric lovers can visit it to tickle their nerves.
