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Despite the fact that abandoned cities and creepy corners of the earth terrify impressionable tourists, hundreds of travelers constantly come to these most terrible places on the planet in search of thrills.
Prague cemetery
One of these terrible places in the world is considered to be the Prague cemetery with 12 thousand ancient tombstones, which operated in the Czech Republic for four centuries. Unknown travelers found their last refuge in this cemetery, but most often wealthy townspeople were buried in luxurious processions. The cemetery area is small, but 100 thousand dead are buried here. It is noteworthy that the older burials were covered with earth, then the new dead were buried on top of them. This is how about 12 tiers were formed: now travelers can observe an eerie picture - the subsiding earth has exposed several upper “floors” with coffins and gravestones.
St. George's Church
St. George's Church is also located in the Czech Republic, in one of the tiny villages: tourists go to the abandoned temple, attracted by the unusual legend of the place. Sometime during the next funeral service, the roof over the church collapsed. The once holy place was decorated by the Czech artist Hadrava with numerous ominous ghost sculptures.
Mexican Island of Abandoned Dolls
The Mexican island of abandoned dolls attracts adrenaline junkies with the exotic nature of forgotten toys. In the middle of the last century, a hermit who settled here began to collect and “resettle” dolls thrown into the trash around the island. About a thousand broken and mutilated toys are tied to trees - many dolls sit on the ground or hang on branches: this is how the hermit decided to perpetuate the memory of a girl who drowned in the bay.
Chapel of Bones
The next terrible place in the world is also impressive - the chapel of bones, built many centuries ago by a Franciscan monk in one of the cities of Portugal. The small chapel contains the remains of five thousand monks. The roof and walls of the tomb are decorated with intricate inscriptions in Latin.
Paris catacombs
The world-famous Parisian catacombs are a winding system of underground tunnels with extensive caves and descents. A communications network stretching up to 300 kilometers lies near Paris: more than 6 million people have found their home here.
Japanese island Hashima
The Japanese island of Hashima is also considered the most mystical place in the world. This abandoned mining town once supplied the country with coal, with quarries and a mine operating in the late 19th century. People came here in the hope of making money: miners densely populated the island with their families. Almost 40 years ago, the enterprise became unprofitable and the coal mines were closed. Now this island has become a popular ghost town among tourists.
Suicide Forest
Jukai, the famous Suicide Forest, is located on one of the Japanese islands and has gone down in history as an evil place where thousands of people committed suicide. The forest initially enjoyed a bad reputation thanks to ancient legends about ghosts, and since the middle of the last century, suicides have become frequent in these eerie thickets. Going several hundred meters into the forest, along the paths you can find things - shoes, clothes, bags of those who have passed away. Knowing how attractive the place is for people with weak mental health, the authorities installed a warning poster with a helpline number.
Kabayan fire mummies burials
Among the most mystical places in the world are also called the burial places of the fire mummies of Kabayan in the Philippines. These remains are more than seven centuries old: locals believe that the spirits of the mummified deceased still live near the burial sites. A peculiarity of local customs is that mummies were buried in small coffin capsules made of wood, placing the bodies of the deceased in them in the most uncomfortable positions.
Akodessewa Magic Market
At the magic market of Akodessewa, which lies in the center of the capital of Togo, you can see sorcerers who still practice voodoo magic and use terrifying-looking dolls in rituals. Buyers and fans of monstrous artifacts are offered a choice of decorated skulls, magical accessories, potions and medicines, dried monkey heads, hare and chicken feet, various souvenirs and local amulets.
Mental hospital
In the ranking of scary places in the world, tourists are attracted by the old psychiatric hospital in the city of Parma: it was once one of the successful clinics in Italy, but over time the building fell into disrepair. A masterpiece from the object was made by an artist from Brazil, who painted the walls of the hospital with silhouettes of patients. Ghostly figures decorate the building, conveying to rare visitors the eerie atmosphere of an Italian abandoned hospital.
Plague Island
In Italy there is another terrifying attraction - the Plague Island in the Venetian lagoon. Since ancient times, this place has been adapted for the residence of patients who were exiled here from all over the country. More than 16 thousand plague victims are buried here, but locals believe that their souls have not calmed down and still hover over their graves. The island’s gloomy reputation is also supported by legends according to which terrible experiments were performed on the sick.
City of Centralia
Connoisseurs of the horror genre and realistic computer games go to the American city of Centralia for a special experience: it was here that the famous horror film “Silent Hill” was filmed. This town in Pennsylvania is famous for the fact that due to a massive fire, the population almost abandoned the area. The underground fire has not yet been extinguished: the atmosphere of hopelessness is emphasized by particles of ash in the air over empty streets with destroyed houses.
Mountain of crosses
The most mystical places in the world in the last century were replenished with a new attraction - the Mountain of Crosses with ancient Lithuanian crosses is an eerie-looking hill that is not a cemetery at all. According to numerous legends, anyone who places a cross here will receive good luck and change their fate for the better.
Cave in Belize
A cave in Belize attracts tourists with the strange atmosphere of the cult of the ancient Mayans. This unusual archaeological site is located near Tapir Mountain and is famous for its unique cathedral, built in one of the cave halls. Blood sacrifices were made here for terrible deities. The Mayans also believed that it was here that the gates to the underworld opened.
Chowchilla Cemetery
The Peruvian ancient cemetery of Chauchilla was also included in the list of the most terrible places on the planet. The country's landmark is located near the Nazca Plateau, famous for ufologists. The necropolis was discovered by scientists about a century ago. The burial method attracted the attention of archaeologists: the dead were placed in graves, covering their bodies with a special composition. Thanks to ancient recipes, the dead were perfectly preserved: the dry climate of the Peruvian desert also contributed to this.
Snake Island
In Brazil, Snake Island is considered the creepiest place: the territory is famous for the presence of a huge number of snakes - here on every square meter of forest land you can find up to six dangerous and poisonous reptiles. Now tourists are prohibited from visiting Queimada Grande due to the risk of attack by huge poisonous reptiles.
Moleb triangle
The Moleb Triangle was included in the ranking of the creepiest places in Russia: this is a remote village in the Perm Territory, where anomalous UFO activity was noticed. Previously, the Mansi lived here, who made sacrifices to their gods on a stone plateau.
Russia also has its own exotic City of the Dead: the small Ossetian village of Dargavs is famous for its richly decorated family crypts.
Overtown Bridge
One of Scotland's bridges, Overtoun, has become notorious for unexplained cases of suicide among dogs. Dozens of dogs threw themselves onto the rocks and died, and the survivors went up to try again.
Hanging coffins of Sagada
The list of the most terrible places on the planet would be incomplete without the hanging coffins of Sagada - original burial structures were built in the forest of one of the villages in the Philippines. Locals bury the dead, hanging them so that the souls of departed ancestors are closer to heaven.
Sanctuary of Tophet
In the Tunisian sanctuary of Tophet, several centuries ago, animals and children were sacrificed: this was a feature of the bloody religion of old Carthage.
Unfinished subway in Cincinnati
The grandiose construction project - the unfinished subway in Cincinnati - amazes with its atmosphere of abandonment. The depot was built at the end of the 19th century, but the line was frozen for economic reasons. Now the depot can be visited several times a year, although diggers from all over the world often visit the unfinished metro on their own.
How nice it is to find a quiet and cozy clearing in the forest. Or admire the beautiful panorama from the top of a mountain. What if we told you that there may be something waiting for you there that you are not always ready to face?
We present to your attention 20 mysterious places that attract with their otherworldly power.
Patriarch's Ponds, Moscow
It was not for nothing that Bulgakov made the Patriarch’s the place where Woland first appeared in Moscow. Legends about the appearance of the devil to people arose when the place was still called “Three Ponds”. The ponds were named Patriarchal after frightened local residents asked the patriarch to consecrate the place.
Besov Nos, Karelia
Besov Nos is located on Lake Onega. It is famous for its petroglyphs, which date back to approximately the 3rd millennium BC. e. The most famous of them is the 2.3-meter “Demon”, which gave the name to the cape.
The monks who arrived on the cape in the 16th century saw evil in the image, after which they knocked an eight-pointed cross over the image of the devil. Those who have visited the Demon Nose note that the perception of time changes there.
Sami labyrinths, Karelia
There are 500 such labyrinths in the world, and 50 of them are in Russia. They were erected mainly on the shores of the seas or at the mouths of rivers. All labyrinths had cult significance, but historians do not yet know by whom exactly and for what purpose they were built.
Many scientists believe that labyrinths were built on burial grounds so that the soul of the deceased could not leave its resting place. Babylons are scattered along the shores of the White, Barents and Baltic seas.
Whale Alley, Chukotka
Scientists believe that the bones of 50 bowhead whales were used to build Whale Alley. Apparently, the alley was built according to a clear design - the bones were dug in opposite each other, each about 5 meters high.
Historians agree that Whale Alley was a ritual place for the Chukchi tribes, although it is not mentioned in local legends. It is believed that the alley could equally have been a sanctuary, a coliseum and a meeting place for the tribe.
Kashkulak cave, Khakassia
Now the Kashkulak cave is a tourist site. But 2 thousand years ago, the first tier was used by local shamans as a ritual hall. The walls of the Temple Grotto are still covered with soot from numerous sacrifices.
The Kashkulak cave appears in many legends, most often quite gloomy ones. People disappear in it, strange sounds are heard, and local residents claim that the spirit of an evil shaman lives in the cave. By the way, shamanic rituals are still held there today.
Lake Teletskoye, Altai
Lake Teletskoye is the second largest lake in our country in terms of fresh water reserves. Even in winter it does not completely freeze. There is a legend about the “forest of the dead” at the bottom of the lake.
Despite its relatively small size, Lake Teletskoye is quite deep - up to 325 m at the Korbu waterfall. At the same time, the temperature at depth, even at the height of summer, does not exceed 4 °C. Due to this, at a depth of more than 100 m, bodies are simply “preserved” and remain there, as they say, for centuries.
Vasyugan swamps, Western Siberia
The Vasyugan swamps are sometimes called the “Russian Amazon”. They stretch for 573 km from west to east. Their area is constantly growing and already exceeds 53 thousand square meters. km (which is larger than the area of Switzerland).
Over the past 500 years, 75% of the swamps have formed. The age of the Vasyugan swamps is at least 10 thousand years. Local residents willingly tell legends that these swamps were created by a devil who tried to hide the Earth from God.
Mount Kholatchakhl, Ural
Tradition says that during a terrible flood, 10 men and 1 woman were saved on the slopes of the mountain. They climbed to the top to protect themselves from the flood, but the waves managed to take 9 men. The survivors gave rise to the Mansi people, and the mountain that saved them was called Kholatchakhl, or “mountain of the dead.”
The mountain gained fame due to a terrible incident in 1959, when Dyatlov’s group died on an unnamed pass. The circumstances of their death are still unknown.
Menhirs, Khakassia
These are huge slabs of wild stone, roughly processed by primitive man and vertically stuck into the ground. They can reach a height of 20 m, and some weigh up to 200 tons! There is still no exact data for what purpose ancient people created menhirs. The Khakass giants are located in an anomalous area, directly above tectonic faults in the earth's crust.
The two largest stones are called the "Great Gate". They say that if you make a wish while you are between them, it will come true. Finding menhirs is quite easy - you need to get to the capital of Khakassia, Abakan.
Cape Ryty, Eastern Siberia
Cape Ryty is replete with rich pastures, but there are no human settlements nearby. Local residents consider the cape a dangerous place and call it Kher-Khushun - “angry, angry cape.” There is a legend that due to the strife of three tribes in this place, an angry spirit brought down a mudflow on them.
No real evidence of this has been found. But archaeologists discovered a stone wall on the cape, the purpose of which is unknown, and stone tours and pots, which were most likely used as lamps.
Lake Pleshcheyevo, Pereslavl-Zalessky
Old-timers consider the lake a mystical place. Sometimes tourists get lost in the fog on the coast and find themselves days later, many of them losing their sense of time.
And here is the Blue Stone - a ritual pagan object. It was recorded that the stone was moved from place to place several times. Scientists believe that it was moved by ice, and draw an analogy with the crawling stones in Death Valley in.
Lake Svetloyar, Nizhny Novgorod region
According to legend, in 1237 the city of Kitezh was located on the site of the lake. When Mongol troops besieged it and stormed the Kitezh walls for several days, all its inhabitants closed themselves in numerous churches and prayed for salvation.
According to the chronicle, a miracle took place. Before the eyes of the amazed enemy warriors, the city disappeared under water. And where he had just stood, Lake Svetloyar appeared. They say that bells and sounds similar to the chirping of birds and the barking of dogs can still be heard from under the water. Scientists actually found traces of civilization at the bottom of the lake in the form of clay shards, knuckles and other utensils.
Mount Vottovaara, Karelia
At the top of Vottovaara there are about 1,600 seid stones arranged in some mysterious order. The Sami would place offerings to local spirits on or near the stones. It was forbidden to touch the seids, and women, as more susceptible to the influence of evil forces, were not allowed to approach the sacred mountain at all.
There is also a “stairway to heaven” - this is the nickname for the 13 steps carved into the rock, ending in a deep cliff. Who built it is still unknown - archaeologists say: the local tribes in ancient times simply could not have had the “idea of a staircase.”
Dancing forest, Kaliningrad region
The famous “drunken” or “dancing” pine forest is located in the Curonian Spit National Park in the Kaliningrad region. The trees were planted in 1961. After some time, it became clear that the grown pines in a small area had an unusual shape: their trunks twisted into spirals and rings.
There are a lot of versions on this matter, however, which of them is correct has not yet been established. Scientists who do not believe in mysticism have the following assumptions: the causes of the anomaly are either winds blowing in one direction, or a pest that deposited larvae in the buds of young shoots. But these versions do not explain why only a small section of the forest is curved: the nearby pines are straight.
Lake Shaitan, Kirov region
Local residents claim that columns of water resembling geysers sometimes appear from the lake. Allegedly, a demon lives at the bottom here, and what happens to the lake is the result of the anger of an otherworldly creature. Since ancient times, people did not catch fish in Shaitan, or even did not come close to the water.
Dolmens, Western Caucasus
The purpose of the Caucasian dolmens is not precisely determined, but many archaeologists are of the opinion that these are tombs of the megalithic era.
Dolmens were built mainly from sandstone. The methods for manufacturing and transporting the slabs to the installation site are still unclear. Many people feel mood swings when they are near dolmens. The reasons for these anomalies are also unknown.
Arkaim, Chelyabinsk region
Arkaim is one of the fortified settlements of the Southern Urals - the “country of cities”. The youngest of these monuments is the same age as the Egyptian pyramids. Arkaim is associated with many secrets and mysteries.
The layout of the city resembles the sun, and the structure of the rings and the radial direction of the building are oriented according to the stars. The houses in the city were multi-family, and pottery and metallurgical workshops were found in some buildings.
Ukok Plateau, Altai Territory
Local residents still consider the Ukok plateau to be a sacred place. Shepherds avoid glaciers, trying not to disturb the peace of individual tracts. Only ritual activities are allowed on the plateau.
The most famous discovery made on the plateau is the burial of Ak-Alakha. In 1993, archaeologists discovered the mummy of a young noble woman whose body was covered with tattoos. It turned out that the indigenous population calls her Ak-Kadyn (“white lady”). According to their faith, Ak-Kadyn is the keeper of the gates of the underworld.
Nevyansk Tower, Nevyansk
This tower is located on the Demidovs’ mountain estate in the city of Nevyansk. By analogy with the world famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Russian tower is also inclined. But this is not the main thing. After all, the tower is surrounded by many historical secrets.
The exact date of construction and the name of the architect are unknown. It is not clear why the so-called sound room is needed: a person in one corner of it can clearly hear the slightest whisper uttered by another person who is standing at the other end of the room. But it has been established that many secret underground labyrinths are hidden underground around the perimeter of the tower.
Molebsky triangle, Perm region
This triangle carries no less mysteries and secrets than the Bermuda triangle. Here, a change in the passage of time is very often observed, objects can float above the ground and then fall again, people hear different sounds - creaks, groans - a person’s body temperature may rise, and dizziness may appear.
There is a whole set of mystical places in this triangle. For example, here huge strong trees are uprooted and neatly stacked (“Witch’s Rings”). In photographs taken in this place, balls with white spots appear. And near the Black River, time changes course. At Vyselki, many see mysterious creatures, and those who spent the night here are haunted by nightmares for a long time.
Our world is beautiful and amazing; a lifetime is not enough to see all the beauties of the planet. However, some people like to tickle their nerves and see something scary with their own eyes. Many believe in the supernatural and otherworldly, so they visit these creepy and dangerous places, shrouded in secrets.
Aptly named the “Gateway to Hell,” Turkmenistan's Darvaz is home to a fiery hole in the ground that has been burning continuously for over four decades, with no sign of stopping. It all started because of a worker mistake while exploring underground natural gas fields. In the end, they decided that it would be safer to burn the gas in 1971 rather than risk the people trying to get it. Darvaz is one of the most surreal landscapes on Earth.
Many years ago, hundreds of ships moored at this busy Aral Sea fishing port, but over time, the waters receded by 4 meters after Soviet engineers changed the direction of the rivers that feed this large port.
Every year, a real bird strike occurs in the Jatinga Valley, India. Migratory and local birds commit mass suicide here: just after sunset, hundreds of birds fall from the sky and crash to their death on trees and walls. Birds tend to be disorientated by the fog caused by monsoons. Birds are attracted to village lights and fly towards them, sometimes crashing into trees and walls along the way.
12. Ghost town - Oradour-sur-Glane, France
The village of Oradour turned into a ghost in 1944 - the Nazis shot and burned 642 of its residents (including children and women) in one day. First, they drove the men into barns and started shooting at their legs, immobilizing the people; the Nazis doused them with gasoline and burned them. The soldiers locked the women and children in the church. First, asphyxiating gas was released into the building, and then the church was set on fire.
To the west of the city of Cluj-Napoca there is an unusual forest - all the trees in it are twisted. An explanation for this phenomenon has not been found; other paranormal phenomena have been reported in the forest. A UFO was photographed here in 1968. I even call this place “the Bermuda Triangle of Romania”; people often disappear here.
It is called the creepiest castle in Ireland. In the 16th century, it was home to the O'Carroll family, who fought with other Irish clans. The O'Carrolls often invited their enemies to dinner at the castle under the pretext of reconciliation, and then killed them right at the table. Under the dining hall there was a dungeon (“oubliette”), into which unsuspecting guests fell through a secret door in the floor of the hall. The bottom of the dungeon was strewn with sharp stakes, on which the victims fell. According to some reports, when the castle was restored after a fire in the 20s of the last century, workers found a huge amount of bones in the “oubliette” - it took three carts to clean out the dungeon.
Construction of these houses began in 1978, they were supposed to become an attraction for tourists. But construction stopped in 1980 when the company went bankrupt. During construction, several serious accidents and suicides occurred due to the supposedly disturbed spirit of the mythical Chinese dragon. As a result, the village was abandoned and soon became known as a ghost town.
Akodesseva is located in the capital of the Togolese Republic of Lomé - a strange and unexpectedly welcoming place, which is distinguished from ordinary markets only by its fetishistic afterlife assortment. Mountains of cattle skulls, dried heads of monkeys, buffalos and leopards, and even human bones lie in mountains here. The stalls of traditional healers and healers are popular at the market, where terminally ill people flock in lines.
Centralia was a thriving Pennsylvania mining town whose population dropped from 1,000 in 1981 to 12 in 2005 and 10 in 2010. The reason for this is the seemingly harmless burning of garbage in a landfill in 1962. 5 firefighters were hired by the city authorities to burn down a garbage dump. They set fire to heaps of garbage and then extinguished them. Incompletely extinguished garbage sparked an underground fire. Attempts to extinguish the fire were unsuccessful, and it still burns to this day. Unbearably harmful fumes and toxic soil force people to leave the city.
The Island of the Dolls can be called one of the creepiest attractions in Mexico. It is located in one of the areas of Mexico City, which is called Xochimilco and is known throughout the world thanks to the ancient Aztec canals - chinampas, included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. This island is located on one of them. They say that in the middle of the last century, a little girl drowned in a canal near the island, and soon after the accident, old broken dolls thrown into the canal began to swim up to the island. The hermit Don Julian Santana, who lived on the island, decided that this was a sign and began to catch dolls and then hang them on trees in order to protect themselves from evil and calm the spirit of the dead girl.
This island is located in the East China Sea, about 15 kilometers from the city of Nagasaki. Before the island was settled at the beginning of the 19th century, due to the discovery of coal on it, it was just a fragment of rock. Thanks to the coal industry, the construction of houses for miners and their families began. The reef became an artificial island with a diameter of about one kilometer in perimeter, with a population of 5,300 people. By 1974, all residents left the island due to the drying up of minerals, and the city turned into a ghost town. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee included this abandoned city on the World Heritage List
Once upon a time it was planned as an advanced city where representatives of the technical intelligentsia would live: engineers, scientists, researchers. It was built around the most modern nuclear power plant at that time. But a combination of circumstances led to the worst man-made disaster in history. There was an explosion at a nuclear power plant and the release of tons of radiation dust, contaminating the earth for many kilometers around.
On the island of Luzon, in the village of Sagada, there is one of the creepiest places in the Philippines. Here you can see unusual funeral structures made of coffins placed high above the ground on the rocks. That's why this place is called the Sagada Hanging Coffins. There is a belief among the indigenous population that the higher the body of the deceased is buried, the closer his soul will be to heaven.
A quarantine station, a common grave for victims of the plague and, most recently, by historical standards, a refuge for the insane - the tiny island of Poveglia, hidden from view in the Venetian Lagoon. They say that the island was twice the last refuge for thousands of patients during epidemics of the black plague, that its soil consists of 50% of the ashes of burnt corpses, that local fishermen avoid the island, fearing to discover in their nets a catch of human bones polished by the waves, that in In the 20s of the last century, horrifying experiments were carried out on mentally ill people here, that the head doctor of the psychiatric hospital eventually went crazy from his actions and committed suicide by jumping from the island bell tower, and a very mystical version suggests that Poveglia is densely populated spirits of tortured victims.
Throughout the forest you can find signs with the words: “Your life is a priceless gift from your parents. Please contact the police before you decide to die." Aokigahara Forest is located at the northwestern foot of Mount Fuji, sacred to every Japanese, on the island of Honshu, and is considered a place where ghosts from all over Japan gather. Aokigahara is a popular suicide spot among residents of Tokyo and the surrounding area. Every year, between 70 and 100 bodies are found in the forest.
There are places in the world that have attracted people for many decades. They are accompanied by mysticism, crimes remain unsolved, disappearances of people are not explained in any way, frightening natural phenomena and creepy stories of witnesses appear constantly. Stories are passed down from generation to generation. Sometimes it is very difficult to find out the truth about such a mysterious place. In the age of science, the inability to explain everything rationally can lead to madness. Especially when there is no way to get an answer at all. Even leading scientists regularly encounter mysteries so complex that they simply cannot figure them out. In a world that is well explored, it is always unusual to learn about places that hide surprises. If you love mysticism and think you can solve the mysteries of these places, get to know them. You may come to the conclusion that some things are better left unknown.
Overton Bridge, Scotland
Fifty dogs have jumped off the bridge in the last fifty years. Animals die on sharp stones tens of meters under the bridge. The record number was five dogs in six months. All tragic incidents occurred in the same place, on the right side between the last two parapets. The Scottish SPCA recognized the problem as a mystery. All this has caused a lot of discussion on the Internet about the reasons why animals commit suicide. Locals try not to walk their dogs in the vicinity of the bridge. Many believe the bridge is haunted after a man threw his child off it. He believed that the newborn was the embodiment of the devil. After that, he tried to kill himself, but it didn’t work out, and when he was asked why he decided to do this, the man replied that the bridge forced him. 
Humberstone and La Noria, Chile
In 1872, these two towns in the Chilean desert were crowded with salt mine workers. During the Great Depression, manufacturing collapsed and cities were abandoned. In the sixties of the twentieth century, no one lived here anymore. Local residents refuse to walk the streets of abandoned towns. There are rumors that the souls of the dead wander there at night. There is a legend that the inhabitants never really left their houses. You can ignore the rumors about ghosts, but there is something even more frightening - most of the graves have been excavated and skeletons are visible. People are sure that the dead walk at night because grave robbers have disturbed their rest. Even in daylight, some people hear voices and children's laughter here. 
Lake Anjikuni, Canada
How can an entire village with all its inhabitants simply disappear without a trace? In 1930, hunter Joe LaBelle went to an Indian village near Lake Anjikuni. When he got there, he saw that the place was completely deserted - people had left food, weapons and clothes. All thirty residents have disappeared! Labelle reported this to the police, but the Indians were never found. The strangest part of what happened is that the dogs that lived in this village were found frozen to death, they were hungry, but there was plenty of food around. To this day there is no clear explanation for what happened. Unless, of course, you believe in aliens - some believe that they abducted the Indians. 
Skeleton Lake, India
In 1942, a frightening discovery was made in India - Lake Roopkund was found in the mountains, in which more than two hundred skeletons were discovered. The bones have been dated to 850 AD. Scientists have never been able to explain their appearance. Some believe that people died during the storm, while others say it was suicide. 
Bigelow Ranch, USA
The last owners of the house were Terry and Gwen Sherman. He encountered so many paranormal events that he simply ran away from the ranch. For example, ten cows simply disappeared without a trace, large shining spheres were seen above the house, doors appeared in the air, three dogs disappeared, and in the place where they were last seen, a huge spot was noticed, as if from a fire. Surprisingly, all the dead animals found near the ranch did not shed a drop of blood - the skeletons were removed from the corpses, but there was no trace on the ground. 
Disney Discovery Island, USA
The island has been closed to visitors for almost twenty years. Some are sure that the reason is mysticism. The abandoned island still has electricity. Why? In addition, creepy vultures live there. The atmosphere there is truly scary! 
Yonaguni Monument, Japan
In 1986, a diver discovered mysterious underwater structures off the southern coast of Japan. Twenty-five meters underwater is the largest pyramid in the world. There is a road around it, it is absolutely clear that the entire structure is created by human hands. Scientists have studied the structure and are sure that it is five thousand years old. But why is it there? The debate continues further. 
Hotel del Salto, Colombia
The hotel is located thirty kilometers from the capital; it was once very popular. Now it is closed - a whole chain of suicides has occurred there. Locals are sure that the place is cursed. 
Kapustin Yar, Russia
This place is one of the most mysterious in Russia. The space program developed here and nuclear weapons were tested. It is not possible to explore this place - it is closed to outsiders. 
Aokigahara Forest, Japan
At the foot of Mount Fuji is the Aokigahara forest, where an incredible number of suicides have been committed. According to legend, demons and spirits live in the forest. Anyone who comes there sad falls under the power of evil forces and kills himself. More than fifty corpses are found here every year! 
Chateau Miranda, Belgium
The castle's previous owners abandoned it during the French Revolution. Then they opened a shelter there, but that too soon moved. The building stands abandoned and is accompanied by an atmosphere of mystery. Why does everyone leave him without regrets? 
Devil's Triangle, Pacific Ocean
People are mysteriously disappearing in this part of the ocean. Mysterious situations are associated with plane crashes and magnetic anomalies. Researchers tried to explain the nature of what was happening, but failed to cope with the task. 
Lighthouse at Cape Aniva, Russia
The lighthouse was built in 1939 near Sakhalin. It is believed to be radioactive, so entering the building is prohibited. Some believe that the building is a government shelter where political criminals are interrogated. Others believe that the lighthouse is haunted. 
Helltown, USA
Strange things are happening on this piece of land in Ohio. Satanists gather here, it is believed that the souls of people who burned alive in their houses still live here, and someone claims that a chemical disaster occurred here, from which some residents mutated. 
San Luis Valley, USA
Aliens have been seen here many times. Disks and spheres appear in the sky, which have been repeatedly recorded on film and photographed by local residents. The mystery remains: why is everything happening in this particular valley? 
Pine Gap, Australia
This is a closed piece of land that is controlled by the government and is secret. It is believed that from here researchers are trying to contact other galaxies. However, everything is classified, so it is unlikely that it will be possible to find out the truth. 
Paris Mines, France
Everyone knows the catacombs in Paris, but the mines are closed to visitors. They are so secret that even the most enthusiastic researchers cannot get there. In September 2004, the police found an underground cinema in the mines, but the next day there was no trace of it! 
Riddle House, USA
Many tragedies happened in this house. For example, one of the employees committed suicide. Residents heard strange voices and sounds. The house was abandoned. When the workers returned again, they noticed strange occurrences - windows opened on their own, and tools turned on for no reason. 
Death Valley, USA
This valley is known for rocks that move across the ground for no apparent reason. Scientists have not been able to explain why this might happen. Each stone weighs hundreds of kilograms and moves! This is a real mystery. 
Door to Hell, Turkmenistan
When Soviet scientists were looking for a source of natural gas here, a huge crater emerged from which flames burst out - the fire has not gone out for almost fifty years. No wonder tourists come here. It is simply impossible to close the crater, and how much gas there is still in it is unknown.
During a visit, your skin gets goosebumps from what you see here. We will get acquainted with the most terrible places on earth below.
Old Jewish cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic
Processions in this cemetery took place for almost four centuries (from 1439 to 1787). More than 100 thousand dead are buried on a relatively small plot of land, and the number of gravestones reaches 12,000. More ancient
Cemetery workers covered the burials with earth, and new tombstones were erected in the same place. On the territory of the cemetery there are places where 12 burial tiers are located under the earth's crust. As time passed, the subsided earth revealed old gravestones to the eyes of the living, who began to move later slabs. The view was not only unusual, but also creepy.
Island of Abandoned Dolls, Mexico
There is a very strange abandoned island in Mexico, most of which is inhabited by scary dolls. They say that in 1950, a certain hermit, Julian Santana Barrera, began collecting and hanging dolls from trash cans, who in this way tried to calm the soul of a girl who had drowned nearby. Julian himself drowned on the island on April 17, 2001. Now there are about 1000 exhibits on the island.
Hashima Island, Japan
Hashima is a former coal mining settlement founded in 1887. It was considered one of the most densely populated places on earth - with a coastline of about a kilometer, its population in 1959 was 5,259 people. When coal mining here became unprofitable, the mine was closed and the island city joined the list of ghost towns. This happened in 1974.
Chapel of Bones, Portugal
The Copella was built in the 16th century by a Franciscan monk. The chapel itself is small - only 18.6 meters long and 11 meters wide, but the bones and skulls of five thousand monks are kept here. On the roof of the chapel is written the phrase “Melior est die mortis die nativitatis” (“Better the day of death than the day of birth”).
Suicide Forest, Japan
Suicide Forest is the unofficial name of the Aokigahara Jukai forest, located in Japan on the island of Honshu and famous for the frequent suicides committed there. The forest was originally associated with Japanese mythology and was traditionally thought to be the abode of demons and ghosts. Now it is considered the second most popular place in the world (first at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco) to commit suicide. At the entrance to the forest there is a poster: “Your life is a priceless gift from your parents. Think about them and your family. You don't have to suffer alone. Call us 22-0110."
Abandoned psychiatric hospital in Parma, Italy
Brazilian artist Herbert Baglione created an art piece from a building that once housed a psychiatric hospital. He depicted the spirit of this place. Now ghostly figures of exhausted patients wander around the former hospital.
Church of St. George, Czech Republic
The church in the Czech village of Lukova has been abandoned since 1968, when part of its roof collapsed during a funeral ceremony. Artist Jakub Hadrava populated the church with ghost sculptures, giving it a particularly sinister look.
Catacombs in Paris, France
The Catacombs are a network of winding underground tunnels and caves beneath Paris. The total length, according to various sources, is from 187 to 300 kilometers. Since the end of the 18th century, the remains of almost 6 million people have been buried in the catacombs.
Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA
Due to an underground fire that broke out 50 years ago and continues to burn to this day, the number of residents has decreased from 1,000 people (1981) to 7 people (2012). Centralia now has the smallest population in the state of Pennsylvania. Centralia served as the prototype for the creation of the city in the Silent Hill series of games and in the film based on this game.
Magic Market Akodessewa, Togo
The Akodesseva market for magical items and witchcraft herbs is located right in the center of the city of Lome, the capital of the state of Togo in Africa. Africans of Togo, Ghana and Nigeria still practice the voodoo religion and believe in the miraculous properties of dolls. Akodesseva's fetish assortment is extremely exotic: here you can buy cattle skulls, dried heads of monkeys, buffalos and leopards and many other equally “wonderful” things.
Plague Island, Italy
Poveglia is one of the most famous islands of the Venetian lagoon, in northern Italy. It is said that since Roman times the island was used as a place of exile for plague patients, and therefore up to 160,000 people were buried on it. The souls of many of the dead allegedly turned into ghosts, with which the island is now filled. The island's dark reputation is compounded by stories of horrific experiments allegedly carried out on psychiatric patients. In this regard, paranormal researchers call the island one of the most terrible places on earth.
Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
The Mountain of Crosses is a hill on which many Lithuanian crosses are installed, their total number is approximately 50 thousand. Despite the external resemblance, it is not a cemetery. According to popular belief, good luck will accompany those who leave a cross on the Mountain. Neither the time of the appearance of the Mountain of Crosses nor the reasons for its appearance can be said with certainty. To this day, this place is shrouded in secrets and legends.
Burials of Kabayan, Philippines
The famous fire mummies of Kabayan, dating back to 1200-1500 AD, are buried here, as well as, as local residents believe, their spirits. They were made using a complex mummification process, and are now carefully guarded, as cases of their theft are not uncommon. Why? As one of the robbers said, “he had the right to do this,” since the mummy was his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.
Overtoun Bridge, Scotland
The old arch bridge is located near the Scottish village of Milton. In the middle of the 20th century, strange things began to happen on it: dozens of dogs suddenly threw themselves from a 15-meter height, fell onto rocks and were killed. Those that survived came back and tried again. The bridge has turned into a real “killer” of four-legged animals.
Actun-Tunichil-Muknal Cave, Belize
Actun Tunichil Muknal is a cave near the city of San Ignacio, Belize. It is an archaeological site of the Mayan civilization. Located on the territory of the Mount Tapira Natural Park. One of the halls of the cave is the so-called cathedral, where the Mayans made sacrifices, as they considered this place to be Xibalba - the entrance to the underworld.
Leap Castle, Ireland
Leap Castle in Offaly, Ireland is considered one of the cursed castles in the world. Its gloomy attraction is a large underground dungeon, the bottom of which is studded with sharp stakes. The dungeon was discovered during the restoration of the castle. In order to remove all the bones from it, the workers needed 4 carts. Local residents say that the castle is haunted by many ghosts of people who died in the dungeon.
Chauchilla Cemetery, Peru
The Chauchilla Cemetery is located about 30 minutes from the Nazca desert plateau, on the southern coast of Peru. The necropolis was discovered in the 20s of the twentieth century. According to researchers, bodies found in the cemetery are about 700 years old, and the last burials here took place in the 9th century. Chowchilla differs from other burial sites in the special way in which people were buried. All the bodies are “squatting”, and their “faces” seem to be frozen in a wide smile. The bodies were perfectly preserved thanks to the Peruvian dry desert climate.
Sanctuary of Tophet, Tunisia
The most notorious feature of Carthage's religion was the sacrifice of children, mainly infants. During the sacrifice it was forbidden to cry, since it was believed that any tear, any plaintive sigh would detract from the value of the sacrifice. In 1921, archaeologists discovered a site where several rows of urns were found containing the charred remains of both animals (they were sacrificed instead of people) and small children. The place was called Tophet.
Snake Island, Brazil
Queimada Grande is one of the most dangerous and famous islands on our planet. There is only a forest, a rocky, inhospitable coast up to 200 meters high, and snakes. There are up to six snakes per square meter of the island. The poison of these reptiles acts instantly. Brazilian authorities have decided to completely ban anyone from visiting the island, and locals are telling chilling stories about it.
Buzludzha, Bulgaria
The largest monument in Bulgaria, located on Mount Buzludzha with a height of 1441 meters, was built in the 1980s in honor of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Its construction took almost 7 years and involved more than 6 thousand workers and experts. The interior was partly decorated with marble, and the staircases were decorated with red cathedral glass. Now the monument house has been completely looted, only a concrete frame with reinforcement remains, looking like a destroyed alien ship.
City of the Dead, Russia
Dargavs in North Ossetia looks like a cute village with small stone houses, but in fact it is an ancient necropolis. People were buried in various types of crypts along with all their clothing and personal belongings.
Abandoned military hospital Beelitz-Heilstetten, Germany
During the First and Second World Wars, the hospital was used by the military, and in 1916 Adolf Hitler was treated there. After World War II, the hospital found itself in the zone of Soviet occupation and became the largest Soviet hospital outside the USSR. The complex consists of 60 buildings, some of which have now been restored. Almost all abandoned buildings are closed to access. The doors and windows are securely boarded up with high boards and sheets of plywood.
Unfinished subway in Cincinnati, USA
Abandoned subway depot in Cincinnati - project built in 1884. But after the First World War and as a result of changing demographics, the need for the metro disappeared. Construction slowed in 1925, with half of the 16 km line completed. The abandoned subway now hosts tours twice a year, but many people are known to wander its tunnels alone.
Hanging Coffins of Sagada, Philippines
On the island of Luzon, in the village of Sagada, there is one of the most frightening places in the Philippines. Here you can see unusual funeral structures made of coffins placed high above the ground on the rocks. There is a belief among the indigenous population that the higher the body of the deceased is buried, the closer his soul will be to heaven.
Nuclear lighthouse at Cape Aniva (Sakhalin)
The lighthouse was built with great difficulty in 1939 according to the design of the architect Miura Shinobu - it was a unique and most complex technical structure in all of Sakhalin. It operated on a diesel generator and battery backup until the early 1990s, when it was refurbished. Thanks to the nuclear energy source, maintenance costs were minimal, but soon there was no money left for this either - the building was empty, and in 2006 the military removed two isotope installations that powered the lighthouse from here. It once shone for 17.5 miles, but is now plundered and abandoned.
Eighth workshop of the Dagdizel plant, Makhachkala
Naval weapons testing station, commissioned in 1939. It is located 2.7 km from the coast and has not been used for a long time. Construction took a long time and was complicated by difficult conditions. Unfortunately, the workshop did not serve the plant for long. The requirements for the work carried out in the workshop changed, and in April 1966 this grandiose structure was written off from the factory balance sheet. Now this “Array” is abandoned and stands in the Caspian Sea, resembling an ancient monster from the shore.
Psychiatric Clinic Lier Sikehus, Norway
The Norwegian psychiatric hospital, located in the small town of Lier, half an hour's drive from Oslo, has a dark past. Experiments on patients were once carried out here, and for unknown reasons, four hospital buildings were abandoned in 1985. Equipment, beds, even magazines and personal belongings of patients remained in the abandoned buildings. At the same time, the remaining eight buildings of the hospital are still operating to this day.
Gunkanjima Island, Japan
In fact, the island is called Hashima, nicknamed Gunkanjima, which means “cruiser island.” The island was settled in 1810 when coal was discovered there. Within fifty years, it has become the most populated island in the world in terms of the ratio of land and the number of inhabitants on it: 5,300 people with a radius of the island itself of one kilometer. By 1974, the reserves of coal and other minerals on Gankajima were completely exhausted, and people left the island. Today, visiting the island is prohibited. There are many legends about this place among the people.
