The most glaucosal places to visit in the world
An island full of poisonous snakes, abandoned cemeteries, scary legends... No, you are not in a children’s attraction on Halloween. These are strange places are real and are among the most terrifying places on Earth.
Old Jewish cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic
Prague
Suspended caskets from Sagada, Philippines
The members of the Igorot tribe buried their dead in suspended coffins attached to the cliffs for many years. It is thought to bring them closer to their ancestral spirits and also keep their bodies safe.
abandoned town of Pripyat, Ukraine
Completely abandoned, this city had a population of almost 50,000 before being evacuated shortly after the nuclear accident Chernobyl .
Doll Island, Mexico, Mexico
cruise to the floating gardens of Xochimilco
Hashima Island, Japan
After the discovery of a coal deposit in 1887, the island gradually hosts a mine and then a city where employees reside. The population grows to the point of making it the most densely populated place in the world. The decline in mining activity caused the departure of the last inhabitants in 1974, who abandoned the island and its infrastructure to the weather. It’s been a ghost town. You can make a virtual tour of the island on the Hashima Island site.
Bone Chapel in Evora, Portugal
This chapel contains the bones of 5000 monks and to crown it all, there are 2 bodies suspended from strings of one one belongs to a child. You can see it by visiting the city of Evora .
Cambridge Military Hospital, England
This hospital was in service from 1878 until 1996 when it was closed due to high costs and asbestos in the walls.
Aokigahara Forest, a "suicide" forest in Japan
Aokigahara is a forest at the foot of Mount Fuji where hundreds of people have been killed each year since the 1950s. The authorities have put in place signs with messages like: “Your life is a precious gift of your parents,” and “Please consult the police before deciding to die,” to deter people from killing themselves. This is one of the the most unusual forests in the world .
The abandoned monument of BuzludzhaBulgaria
This flying saucer-shaped building is perched on one of the most inhospital summits the Grand Balkan mountain range. This is the former Soviet Congress Hall now abandoned.
Psychiatric hospital abandoned in Parma, Italy
The shadow-shaped paintings were added by the artist Herbert Baglione. They certainly feed the scary factor of an already scary place. They give life to tortured souls who can wander in the corridors here.
Ossuaire de SedlecCzech Republic
If you thought there was only one super creepy church made with bones, get rid of it. Also known as the Chapel of the Os, it is decorated with the remains of 40,000 people who wanted to be buried in a holy place. You can visit it since Prague .
The Sanatorium of Beelitz-Heilstätten, Germany
This large complex of over 60 buildings is mainly abandoned, but some buildings are still in use. The hospital has been in service since the First World War and even Adolf Hitler was patient here.
Saint Georges Church of LukovaCzech Republic
This church was abandoned after part of the roof collapsed during a funeral mass in 1968. The ghost sculptures added by artist Jakub Hadrava allow the church to generate tourist recipes, but also make the place a little more terrifying.
Catacombes de Paris, France
The 290 km of the long underground network under the streets of Paris contain the remains of more than 6 million bodies. It is possible to visit the catacombs in the 14th arrondissement.
Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States
The city has been on a coal mine and an underground fire has been burning in the mine since 1962. The city was abandoned and has no postal code, but about 10 residents refuse to leave and still live there. Today, this fire extends over 1.6 km2 and advances by 15 m per year. At this rate, the basement of Centralia should burn for nearly 250 years.
West Virginia State Penitentiary, United States
This Gothic-style prison stopped its activity in 1995, but you can still make a night visit if you don’t mind seeing the ghosts whose rumour says they are there. Nearly 100 executions took place in the facility during its use.
Akodésséwa fetish market, Lomé, Togo
The famous fetish market is the place to touch one of the aspects of voodoo. Traditional vendors and doctors come almost all from Benin, the neighbouring country, which shares this animistic practice with Togo. The many customers come to buy what a healer or a wizard has asked them to treat an evil, to reach their ends in the lover or professional domain or to repair an offence.
Poveglia, “Island of the plague”, Italy
Poveglia is a small island near Venice which was used as a quarantine island for nearly 160,000 people with plagues from 1793 to 1814. Common pits of the plague victims were found there. Napoleon also used it to store weapons. To top it all, from 1922 to 1968 there was a psychiatric hospital with a doctor whose rumour says he tortured and killed many patients.
Colline des Croix, Lithuania
The mummies of Kabayan, Philippines
To access the caves of Timbak, you need to drive five hours to climb into the mountains, then five more hours to walk. There, in the funeral caves, you will find the mummies well preserved recroquevilized in the fetal position in their original egg-shaped coffins.
Pont d’Overtoun, Scotland
Do not bring your dog with you if you visit the domain of Overtoun in Scotland. Since the 1950s, a large number of dogs (600 according to data) have died in this place, jumping without apparent reason from the top of the bridge, and still on the same side.
Grotte de Actun Tunichil Muknal, Belize
There are 14 skeletons in these caves, all with a shocking head trauma. About half are children and we think they were all victims of Mayan sacrifices. The most famous is that of a 18-year-old girl named the “young girl of crystal” because her complete skeleton has been calcified over the years.
Castle of Leap, Ireland
It is known to be one of the most haunted castles in the world and has a long history of horrible deaths. A priest was killed by his own brother during a mass in the chapel in the photo above and is now called the "blooding chapel".
Cemetery Chauchilla, Peru
The dry climate of Peru has maintained many bodies in this former place of very well preserved sepulture. The grave looters dispersed the remains around the site, but it was restored as much as possible in its initial state.
The Tophet of Carthage, Tunisia
A tophet is a hybrid of sanctuary and necropolis. There are thousands of tombs of children dating from the punic era of Carthage. They are all considered victims of sacrifice, or they were buried in this place after their premature death.
Island of Queimada Grande, island to snakes, Brazil
It is said that the island of Queimada Grande is populated by about 1 snake per square meter. These snakes, Jararaca-ilhoa, are endemic to this Brazilian island and are among the most venomous snakes in the world. The last people on the island were the lighthouse guard and his family who were killed by snakes. The island is uninhabited.
Capuchin catacombs of Palermo, Italy (Sicile)
Necropolis of Dargavs, Russia
Dargavs looks like a pretty village of a hundred small stone houses on a hill, but they are actually all crypts filled with bones. Many people were buried here with their clothes and other effects, when the plague ravaged the Ossetia in the 17th century.
The abandoned Metro of Cincinnati, USA
The metropolitan network of Cincinnati was partially built in the 1920s, but was never completed because of the cost it was generating. You can make guided tours twice a year, but many people sneak inside and explore the kilometers of abandoned tunnels alone.
These strange places were scaring you? Which one scares you most?
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