A good place for lovers of unusual journeys.
We are not going to intimidate you sinister inventions, and only want to tour the very real places that speak of danger and mystery.
Warning: this post is not suitable to impressionable natures. But if you are brave enough, just follow us.
1. The old Jewish cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic
2. The procession to the cemetery was for almost four centuries (from 1439 in 1787). On a relatively small plot of land buried more than 100 thousand dead and the number of gravestones reaches 12 thousand. Older burial, cemetery workers are covered with earth and at the same place erected new gravestones. In the cemetery is the place where under the earth’s crust is 12 burial tiers. After a time the sunken land was opened to the gaze of the living the old gravestones, which began to shift the plate later. The look was not only unusual, but creepy.
3. The island of abandoned dolls, Mexico
In Mexico, there are very strange abandoned island, much of which is inhabited by scary dolls. They say that in 1950 dolls from garbage bins began to collect and hang a hermit, Julian Santana Barrera, who tried thus to appease the soul of the drowned girl nearby. Himself Julian drowned at the island on 17 April 2001. Now the island is about 1,000 exhibits.
4. Hashima Island, Japan
5. Hasim — the former settlement of miners, mining coal, founded in 1887. The island was considered one of the most densely populated places on earth — at the shoreline about a kilometre its population was in 1959 5259 people. When the coal mine became unprofitable, the mine was closed and the island was added to the list of Ghost cities. It happened in 1974.
6. The chapel of bones, Portugal
7. The chapel was built in the XVI century by the monk-the Franciscan. The chapel is small — only 18.6 meters long and 11 meters wide, but here are the bones and skulls of five thousand monks. 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”).
8. The forest of suicides, Japan
The forest of suicides — the informal name of the forest Aokigahara jukai is located in Japan on Honshu island and is famous due to it often committed suicide. Initially, the forest was associated with Japanese mythology and is traditionally presented abode of demons and ghosts. Now he is the second (the primacy of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco) most popular place in the world to settle scores with life. At the entrance to the forest is installed the placard: “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”.
9. An abandoned psychiatric hospital in Parma, Italy
The Brazilian artist Herbert Baglioni (Herbert Baglione) made an art object out of the building, which was once a psychiatric hospital. He portrayed the spirit of this place. Now for the former hospital wander the ghostly figures of the exhausted patients.
10. St. George’s Church, Czech Republic
11. The Church in the Czech village of lukova was abandoned in 1968, the time when part of its roof collapsed during a funeral ceremony. Artist Jakub Hadrava (Jakub Hadrava) peopled the Church with sculptures of ghosts, giving it a particularly sinister look.
12. The catacombs in Paris, France
13. Catacombs — a network of winding underground tunnels and caves under Paris. The total length, according to various estimates, from 187 to 300 kilometers. Since the end of XVIII century in the catacombs lie the remains of nearly 6 million people.
14. The town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA
For the burst-50 years ago an underground fire which continues to burn until now, the number of inhabitants had decreased from 1,000 persons (1981) to 7 people (2012). The population of Centralia is now considered to be the smallest in Pennsylvania. Centralia was the inspiration for the creation of the city in a series of Silent Hill games and a shot at this game film.
15. Magic market Akodessewa,
16. The market for magic items and magical herbs of Akodessewa lies directly in the city centre of lomé, the capital of the state of Togo in Africa. Africans, Ghana and Nigeria still profess the religion of voodoo and believe in the miraculous properties of the dolls. Fetishistic assortment Akodessewa very exotic: here you can buy skulls of cattle, dried heads of monkeys, Buffalo and leopards and many other “wonderful” things.
17. Plague island, Italy
Pawela is one of the most famous Islands of the Venetian lagoon, Northern Italy. Argue that since Roman times the island was used as a place of exile for patients with plague, in connection with which it was buried up to 160 000 people. The souls of many deceased allegedly turned into ghosts, which is now crowded island. The grim reputation of the island is exacerbated by stories about the horrible experiments that were allegedly subjected to psychiatric patients. In this regard, the researchers of the paranormal called the island one of the most horrible places on earth.
18. The hill of crosses, Lithuania
The hill of crosses is a hill that has a lot of Lithuanian crosses, their total number is about 50 thousand. Despite the resemblance, she is not a cemetery. According to popular belief, the one who will leave on the Mountain cross will have good luck. Nor about the time of the hill of crosses, or of the reasons of its occurrence it is impossible to say anything with precision. Today this place is shrouded in mystery and legends.
19. Burial Cabana, Philippines
Here are buried famous fire mummies of Cabana Dating from 1200-1500 BC as well, as locals believe, spirits their. In their manufacture was used a complex process of mummification, and now they are carefully guarded, as there are cases of theft. Why? As one of the robbers, “he had a right, because the mummy was his paperpaperpaperpaper.
20. Bridge Overtoun, Scotland
21. Old arch bridge is located near the Scottish village of Milton. In the mid-twentieth century it started to happen strange things: dozens of dogs suddenly threw a 15-meter-high, fell on stones and broke to death. Those that survived came back and repeated again. The bridge has become a real “killer” four-legged.
22. The Cave Aktun Of The Crystal Tunichil Muknal, Belize
23. Aktun of the Crystal tunichil muknal cave near San Ignacio, Belize. Is an archeological site of the Maya civilization. Located within the natural Park of the Mountain Tapir. One of the halls of the cave, the so — called Cathedral, where Mayan sacrifices, because they believed this place Xibalba — the entrance to the underworld.
24. Leap Castle, Ireland
Leap castle in County Offaly, Ireland, is considered one of the damned castle in the world. His dark attraction — a large underground pit, the bottom of which is filled with sharp stakes. The dungeon was discovered during the restoration of the castle. In order to remove all the bones from it, work took 4 carts. Locals say that the castle is inhabited by many ghosts of people who died in prison.
25. Cemetery Chowchilla, Peru
Chowchilla cemetery is located approximately 30 minutes from the desert Nazca plateau, on the South coast of Peru. The necropolis was discovered in the 20-ies of the twentieth century. According to the researchers, to the cemetery found the body, which are about 700 years, and the last burials were held here in the IX century. Chowchilla is different from other places of burial in a special way, which is burying people. All of the body “squats” and their “faces” seem to be frozen in a wide smile. The body was well preserved due to the dry Peruvian desert climate.
26. The Sanctuary Of Tophet, Tunisia
27. The most notorious feature of the religion of Carthage was the sacrifice of children, mostly infants. During the sacrifice were forbidden to cry, because it was believed that every tear, every plaintive sigh detract from the value of the victim. In 1921, archaeologists have discovered the place where were found several rows of urns containing the charred remains of the animals (they are sacrificed instead of humans), and young children. The place was called Tophet.
28. Snake island, Brazil
29. Queimada Grande is one of the most dangerous and famous Islands of our planet. It is only forest, an inhospitable rocky coast with a height of 200 meters and a snake. One square meter of the island have up to six snakes. The venom of these snakes works instantly. Brazilian authorities decided on a total ban on visiting this island for anyone but the locals tell chilling stories about him.
30. Buzludzha, Bulgaria
31. The largest monument in Bulgaria, located on mount Buzludzha is the height of 1441 feet, built in 1980-ies 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 in marble, and the staircases were decorated with red Cathedral glass. Now the house-monument was completely looted, leaving only a concrete skeleton with armature similar to the destroyed alien ship.
32. City of the dead, Russia
33. Dargavs in North Ossetia, similar to a cute village with small stone houses, but in fact it is an ancient necropolis. In the vaults of various types have buried people along with all their clothing and personal belongings.
34. Abandoned military hospital, Beelitz-Heilstatten, Germany
During the First and Second world wars, the hospital was used by the military, and in 1916 it was treated Adolf Hitler. After the Second world war the hospital was in the Soviet zone of occupation and became the largest Soviet hospital outside of the USSR. The complex consists of 60 buildings, some of which have been restored. Almost all abandoned buildings are closed to access. Doors and Windows securely boarded up high with boards and sheets of plywood.
35. Unfinished subway in Cincinnati, USA
Abandoned subway depot in Cincinnati — a project Dating back to 1884. But after the First world war and as a result of demographic change the need for metro anymore. Building slowed in 1925, half of the 16-kilometer line was completed. Now in the abandoned subway twice in the year tours, but we know that a lot of people roam its tunnels alone.
36. Hanging coffins of Sagada, Philippines
37. On the island of Luzon in the village of Sagada is one of the most frightening places in the Philippines. Here you can see the unusual burial structures of coffins placed high above the ground on the rocks. Among indigenous peoples there is a belief that the higher the buried body of the deceased, the soul will be closer to heaven.
