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The world is full of mysterious monuments created by ancient masters. These sites have been carefully studied by scientists, historians and archaeologists, but some of them are so ancient, unfinished or incomprehensible that it is still not clear why they were built and what purpose they served. We have prepared a selection of “the most mysterious places on the planet”, which still raise many questions, confusing researchers. The stories about each of these places separately have already been in our previous issues, so in the list we will link to detailed topics. The links in the topic you will find a huge variety of interesting materials and photos
10. Let's start from the tenth place - this is Mounds of Cahokia.
Cahokia is the name given to an Indian settlement near Illinois, USA. Archaeologists believe that the city was founded in 650 AD and the complex structure of its buildings proves that it was once a highly developed and prosperous society. At its peak, Cahokia was inhabited by 40,000 Indians - it was the most populous settlement in America before the arrival of Europeans. Cahokia's main attraction is earthen mounds up to 100 feet high on a 2,200-acre site. There is also a network of terraces throughout the city and it is believed that important buildings such as the ruler's house were built on the uppermost terraces. During the excavations, a wooden solar calendar called Woodhenge was found. The calendar played an important role in the life of the community, both religious and astrological, marking the days of the solstice and equinox.
9. Ninth place on the list - newgrange
It is believed to be the oldest and most famous prehistoric structure in all of Ireland. Newgrange was built from earth, stone, wood and clay around 3100 BC, about 1000 years before the pyramids were built in Egypt. This building consists of a long corridor that leads to a transverse chamber, which was probably used as a grave. Newgrange's most unique feature is its precise and sturdy design, which has helped the structure remain completely watertight to this day. What is most surprising is that the entrance to the tomb is located relative to the sun in such a way that at the winter solstice, on the shortest day of the year, the rays of the sun are directed through a small opening into a 60-foot passage, where they illuminate the floor of the central room of the monument.
Newgrange Mystery
Archaeologists speculate that Newgrange was used as a tomb, but why and for whom is still a mystery. It is also difficult to determine how the ancient builders calculated the structure with such accuracy, and what role the sun occupied in their mythology. Scientists have not been able to determine the exact reason for the construction of Newgrange
8. In eighth place are underwater Yonaguni pyramids
Of all the famous monuments in Japan, perhaps none is more puzzling than Yonaguni, an underwater formation that lies just off the coast of the Ryuku Islands. The site was discovered in 1987 by a group of divers watching sharks. The find instantly sparked a huge amount of debate in the Japanese scientific community. The monument is made up of a series of carved rock formations including massive platforms and huge stone pillars that lie at a depth of 5 to 40 meters. The most popular formation is called "turtle" because of its unique shape. The currents in this area are quite dangerous, but that hasn't stopped the Yonaguni Monument from becoming one of the most popular diving spots in all of Japan.
The Mystery of the Yonaguni Monument
The ongoing debate around Yonaguni is based on one key question: Is the monument really a natural phenomenon, or is it man-made? Scientists have long argued that millennia of strong currents and erosion have carved the formation out of the ocean floor, and they point to the fact that the monument is a single piece of solid rock. Others point to many straight edges, square corners and many formations of various shapes, proving that the monument is of artificial origin. If the proponents of artificial origin are right, then an even more interesting mystery arises: who built the Yonaguni Monument, and for what purpose?
The Nazca geoglyphs are a series of lines and pictograms located on a dry plateau in the Nazca Desert, Peru. They cover an area of approximately 50 miles and were created between 200 BC and 700 AD by the Nazca Indians. The lines have managed to stay intact for hundreds of years thanks to the area's arid climate where rain and wind are very rare. Some of the lines span distances of 600 feet and depict a variety of subjects, from simple lines to insects and animals. 
The mystery of the Nazca geoglyphs
Scientists know who made the Nazca Lines and how they did it, but they still don't know why. The most popular and reasonable hypothesis is that the lines must have figured in the religious beliefs of the Indians, and that they made these drawings as an offering to the gods, who would be able to see them from heaven. Other scholars have argued that the lines are evidence of the use of massive looms, and one researcher has even introduced the preposterous theory that the lines are the remains of ancient airfields used by a vanished, technologically advanced society.
6. Sixth place goseck circle in Germany
One of the most mysterious places in Germany is the Goseck Circle, a monument made of earth, gravel, and wooden palisades, which is considered the earliest example of a primitive “solar observatory.” The circle consists of a series of circular ditches surrounded by palisade walls (which have since been rebuilt). It is believed that the monument was built around 4900 BC by the Neolithic peoples 
Mystery of the Goseck Circle
The precise and high quality construction of the monument has led many scholars to believe that the Circle was built to serve as some primitive solar or lunar calendar, but its exact use is still a source of debate. According to the evidence, the so-called "solar cult" was widespread in ancient Europe. This has led to the suggestion that the Circle was used in some sort of ritual, perhaps even in human sacrifice. This hypothesis has yet to be proven, but archaeologists have recovered several human bones, including a headless skeleton. You can read more about this place in the Gozek Circle topic.
5. In fifth place is mysterious Sacsayhuaman- ancient fortress of the great Incas
Not far from the famous ancient city of Machu Picchu is Sacsayhuaman, a strange complex of stone walls. A series of walls were assembled from massive 200 ton blocks of rock and limestone, and they are arranged in a zigzag pattern along the slope. The longest blocks are approximately 1000 feet long and each is approximately fifteen feet high. The monument is in surprisingly good condition for its age, especially considering the area's propensity to earthquakes. Under the fortress, catacombs were found, most likely leading to other structures of the Inca capital - the city of Cusco. 
The Secret of the Sacsayhuaman Fortress
Most scholars agree that Sacsayhuaman served as a kind of fortress. However, this issue remains quite controversial, as there are other theories that can be found in the topic “Sacsayhuaman - the mighty fortress of the Incas”. Even more mysterious are the methods that were used in the construction of the fortress. Like most Inca stone structures, Sacsayhuaman was built from large stones that fit together so perfectly that not even a piece of paper can fit between them. How the Indians managed to transport such heavy stones is still not known.
4. Fourth place Easter Island off the coast of Chile
On Easter Island are the Moai monuments - a group of huge human statues. The moai were carved between about 1250 and 1500 AD by the earliest inhabitants of the island, and are believed to represent the ancestors of humans and local gods. The sculptures were carved and carved from tuff, a volcanic rock that is common on the island. Scientists have found that there were originally 887 statues, but years of struggle among the clans of the island led to them being destroyed. Today, only 394 statues are still standing, the largest of which is 30 feet tall and weighs over 70 tons.
Easter Island Mystery
Scholars have reached agreement on why the statues were erected, but how the islanders made them is still a matter of debate. The average Moai weighs several tons, and scholars cannot describe how the monuments were transported from Rano Raraku, where most of them were built, to various parts of Easter Island. In recent years, the most popular theory is that the builders used wooden sleds and blocks to move the Moai. It also answers the question of how such a green island became almost completely barren.
3. In third place are the Georgia Guidestones.
While most places have become mysteries over the millennia, the Georgia Guidestones were a mystery to begin with. The monument consists of four monolithic granite slabs that support a single cornice stone. The monument was created in 1979 by a man under the pseudonym R.C. Christian. The monument is oriented to the cardinal points, in some places there are holes pointing to the North Star and the Sun. But the most interesting thing is the inscriptions on the plates, which are a guide for future generations who survived as a result of a global cataclysm. These inscriptions caused a lot of controversy and indignation, the monument was repeatedly desecrated.
Mystery of the Georgia Guidestones
Apart from many controversies, very little is known about who built this Monument or what its true purpose is. R.C. Christian claimed that he represented an independent organization and had no contact with them after the construction. Since the monument was built during the height of the Cold War, one popular theory about the group's intentions is that the Georgia Guidestones were meant to serve as a textbook for those who would begin to rebuild society after a nuclear holocaust. More information about the inscriptions on the plates can be found at the link above.
2. The list of riddles has no right to exist if it does not include the Egyptian Pyramids - the most mysterious buildings of the past. In second place is the Great Sphinx at Giza
Incredibly, the Sphinx statue is carved from a single piece of rock and is 240 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 66 feet high. It is the largest monument of its kind in the world. Historians largely agree that the function of the Sphinxes was symbolic, as the statues were strategically placed around important structures such as temples, tombs, and pyramids. The Great Sphinx at Giza stands next to the pyramid of Pharaoh Khafra, and most archaeologists believe that it is his face that is depicted on this statue. 
1. First place - the most mysterious place on the planet - stonehenge in England
Of all the famous monuments in the world, none is shrouded in such mystery as this one. The ancient monument has been causing debate among scientists, historians and researchers since the Middle Ages. Stonehenge is a stone megalithic structure 130 km southwest of London. Circling along the outer rampart are 56 small burial "Aubrey Holes", named after John Aubrey, who first described them in the 17th century. To the northeast of the entrance to the ring stood a huge, seven-meter Heel Stone. Although Stonehenge looks very impressive, it is believed that its modern version is only a small remnant of a much larger monument that has been damaged over time. 
Mystery of Stonehenge
The monument became famous, baffling even the most brilliant explorers. The Neolithic people who built the monument left no written language, so scientists can only base their theories on and analyzing the current structure. This has led to speculation that the monument was created by foreigners, or that it was built by a highly advanced society of technologically advanced superhumans. All the craziness aside, the most common explanation is that Stonehenge served as a monument near the graves. Several hundred burial mounds found nearby serve as confirmation. Another theory suggests that the site was a place for spiritual healing and worship. Read more about this great and mysterious structure in the topic “Stonehenge. Pieces of the past”
Secrets and mysticism attract, all kinds of inexplicable phenomena arouse interest and tickle the nerves. That is why writers come up with scary stories, and filmmakers make “horror films” that are watched by millions of people around the world. There are many scary places on the planet that excite the imagination no less than fictional ones.
1. Hollow of black bamboo. China
In many countries there are so-called "Valleys of Death", where mysterious and anomalous phenomena regularly occur. One of the strongest anomalous zones in the world is the Heizhu Valley in southern China, whose name literally translates as "Black Bamboo Hollow". 
Over the years, under mysterious circumstances, many people have disappeared without a trace in the hollow, whose bodies have never been found. Terrible accidents often occur here and people die.
So, in 1950, a plane crashed in the valley for an unknown reason: the ship had no technical problems and the crew did not report a disaster. In the same year, according to statistics, about 100 people went missing in the hollow!
After 12 years, the valley "swallowed" the same number of people - an entire exploration group disappeared. Survived only guide, who told what happened.
When the expedition approached the valley, he lagged behind a little, at that moment a thick fog suddenly appeared, due to which nothing could be seen within a radius of about a meter. The guide, feeling inexplicable fear, froze in place. A few minutes later, when the fog cleared, the group was gone...
The geologists, as well as all their equipment, were never found. 
In 1966, a detachment of military cartographers who were engaged in correcting the relief maps of this area disappeared here. And in 1976, a group of foresters disappeared in the hollow.
There are many versions explaining the anomalous properties of the Black Bamboo Hollow - from the effect on the human mind of the vapors emitted by rotting plants and strong geomagnetic radiation to the transitions to parallel worlds located in this zone.
Be that as it may, the mystery of the Chinese "Valley of Death" has not yet been solved, which attracts many tourists here. There is even a souvenir shop here.
2. Valley of the Headless. Canada
There is also a valley in northwest Canada that has a similar grim notoriety. Until the beginning of the 20th century, this desert area had no name: it received its terrible name only in 1908, after the skeletons of gold miners who had disappeared here three years earlier were found decapitated. 
By the end of the 19th century, the Gold Rush swept northwest Canada - in 1897, an incredibly large-scale extraction of precious metal was carried out in the famous Klondike.
A year later, the Klondike fever ended, and those who wanted to get rich quickly and easily had to look for new “golden places”. Then six daredevils went to the valley located along the South Nahanni River, which the local Indians bypassed.
The gold diggers ignored the superstition. They were never seen alive again. This was the first officially recorded case of missing people in this area.
The Canadian police file has preserved official data on the numerous victims of the valley: since it got its unattractive name, people have regularly disappeared here, and then their bodies have been found decapitated.
Interestingly, most of the dead were gold diggers, while each of them was distinguished by a strong physique and could stand up for himself.
It was assumed that bandits were hunting in the Valley of the Headless, or that the locals protected their gold in this way. The Indians, however, claimed that people were being killed by the local Bigfoot, the Sasquatch. 
In 1978, an expedition headed by the scientist Henk Mortimer set off to the valley. The six explorers were equipped with the latest technology and were, of course, ready to defend themselves.
Having reached the place, the scientists reported that they had set up a tent and were going deep into the valley. Toward evening another call rang out. The operator heard a heart-rending cry: “Void comes out of the rock! It’s terrible…”, after which the connection was interrupted.
Of course, rescuers were sent to the expedition's campsite at that hour, who, having arrived there by helicopter half an hour after the message, did not find either people or a tent. The headless body of one of the researchers was discovered only six days after the tragedy.
After that, the area gained fame as a mystical place. And people continued to disappear ... In 1997, a group of scientists, anomaly specialists and the military went to the ominous valley, which also disappeared. The last thing they said: "We are surrounded by thick fog" ...
The mystery of the murderous valley has not been revealed to this day, but, despite this, curious tourists continue to visit it willingly.
3. Sable Island Atlantic Ocean
In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, about 180 km southeast of the coast of Canada, the “nomadic” sickle-shaped island of Sable drifts. 
Since the discovery of this small island by Europeans, it has been a real horror for sailors. As soon as it was not called: “ship eater”, “shipwreck island”, “deadly saber”, “ghost island” ...
And in our time, Sable is called the "graveyard of the Atlantic." By the way, its official name in English means black, mourning color (sable).
Of course, the island received such notoriety not by chance - shipwrecks really constantly occurred here. Now it is difficult to say how many ships found their death here ...
The fact is that in the coastal waters of the Sable, navigation is greatly complicated due to two currents encountered here - the cold Lambrador and the warm Gulf Stream. Currents give rise to whirlpools, huge waves and the movement of a sandy island.
Yes, Sable moves in the waters of the ocean. To the east, at an approximate rate of 200 meters per year. Moreover, along with the position of the insidious island, which is hard to see due to constant fogs and giant waves, its size is constantly changing.
So on the maps of the 16th century, its length was about 300 km, but now it has decreased to 42. It was assumed that the island would soon disappear completely, but over the past century, on the contrary, it began to increase. 
The fate of the wrecked ships was aggravated by the nature of the local sands - they quickly drag in any objects. Huge ships hid underground completely in just 2-3 months.
The last victim of the insatiable island was the American steamship Manhassent in 1947. After that, 2 beacons and a radio station were installed on Sable - since then, the disasters have finally stopped.
Nowadays, about 20 - 25 people permanently live on the island - they serve the lighthouses, the radio station and the local hydrometeorological center, and they also know how to carry out rescue operations - in case of a shipwreck.
These people work in very difficult conditions, and not only because of the constant fog and hurricane winds - many of them say that they see the ghosts of dead sailors. No wonder - they literally live on the bones.
One of the workers even had to be evacuated from the island, because every night he was begged for help by a ghost with the victim here in 1926, the wreck of the schooner "Sylvia Mosher" ...
4. Venetian Poveglia. Italy
Romantic Venice also has its mystical places. Not far from the wonderful canals of the city is the island of Poveglia, which has gained dubious fame as a real “symbol of horror”. 
It all started back in the days of Rome, when plague victims were brought here to certain death in order to isolate society from them.
In the XIV century, during the second epidemic of this disease, or the Black Death, hopelessly ill Venetians were brought to Poveglia, where, in terrible agony, they said goodbye to life. People were buried in one huge mass grave.
According to beliefs, due to the fact that the dead did not have time to bury, the bodies were simply burned, so now the soil of the island is half human ash. They say that in total about 160 thousand unfortunate people died here.
In 1922, a psychiatric hospital was opened on the creepy island, "the haven of lost souls". It was then that a real nightmare began here - patients complained of wild headaches, and at night they saw the ghosts of dead people, the patients heard wild cries and screams ...
And in Venice there were rumors that the head doctor of this hospital was unwell himself and was experimenting on the mentally ill - he was testing forbidden drugs and sophisticated medical techniques on them, and in the bell tower of the hospital he was performing a lobotomy using improvised means - chisels, hammers, drills ... 
According to local legends, soon the doctor himself began to see the ghosts of Poveglia, after which, in a fit of madness, he threw himself off that same tower.
In 1968, Poveglia was finally abandoned, now no one lives here, the bell tower of the hospital serves as a guide, and even the fishermen try to stay away from the cursed island - they are afraid to inadvertently catch human bones instead of fish.
The authorities, and the Venetians themselves, refute all these rumors - they claim that the island building served only as a rest home for the elderly. However, its dilapidated premises still contain hospital beds and pieces of medical equipment.
5. Lake Ivachevskoe. Russia
Russia also has its sinister zones. One of them is located in the Vologda region near the city of Cherepovets - in the area of the local lake Ivachevskoye, on the banks of which they relax both in summer and in winter. 
Researchers of anomalous phenomena consider this place dead, because people often disappear without a trace here. At the same time, as in any other similar case, there are many explanations for these mysterious phenomena - aliens and monsters, unknown evil forces and transitions to other worlds are blamed for the disappearance of people.
Some who have visited the lake say that when approaching it, their heartbeat and breathing slowed down, and then a feeling of complete serenity appeared. However, already at the very water, calmness was replaced by anxiety, turning into inexplicable fear - it seemed that there was something hostile nearby.
Other "eyewitnesses" said that they even felt a certain force that forced them to obey themselves. Perhaps that is why there are so many suicides here. 
A group of researchers was sent to the area four years ago. As a result, scientists have identified signs of geomagnetic changes in this area that can cause anomalies.
Skeptics, on the other hand, find a much more prosaic explanation for the disappearances of people - they blame the swamps located near the lake for all the misfortunes.
At the same time, those swamps were called Alive in the 19th century because of the much greater number of crimes and suicides committed here, unlike other Russian provinces.
However, local residents, as well as skeptics, are sure that Ivachevskoye is the most ordinary lake, since nothing strange happened to them there. I think the truth is somewhere in the middle
6. Overtown Bridge. Scotland
In the Scottish old estate of Overtoun, which is located a few kilometers northwest of the city of Glasgow, there is a stone arched bridge over a small river, built at the end of the 19th century. 
Until the middle of the next century, the bridge was the most ordinary, and nothing strange was connected with it. And so, in the 50s of the XX century, completely inexplicable events began to occur here - dogs began to jump regularly from one of its niches, most of which were smashed to death, since the height of the bridge is 15 meters.
Surprisingly, the few surviving four-legged, despite the pain and wounds, again climbed to that very niche and repeated the suicide attempt, as if some unknown force forced them ...
About once a month, a variety of dogs repeated the fate of their unfortunate predecessors. Of course, the appearance of a mystical legend was not long in coming.
Local residents began to tell that two ghosts were pushing dogs to death - the spirit of a child who was thrown from this very place by his own father, and the father himself, who repented, flew after the child. 
However, scientists put forward their assumption about the causes of the strange phenomenon. The fact is that rodents live under the bridge, and dogs, smelling their smell, just follow the hunting instinct. Although this theory does not explain the repeated jumping of dogs, which is contrary to the instinct of self-preservation.
Therefore, those who believe in anomalous phenomena suggest that the Overtown Bridge may be a kind of transition to other worlds, and dogs pay with their lives for excessive curiosity.
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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 tombstones reaches 12,000.
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 grave tiers are located under the earth's crust. As time passed, the sagging earth opened the eyes of the living to the old tombstones, which began to shift the later ones. The view turned out 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. It is said that in 1950, a certain hermit Julian Santana Barrera began to collect and hang dolls from wastebaskets, who in this way tried to calm the soul of a girl drowned nearby. Julian himself drowned on the island on April 17, 2001. Now there are about 1000 exhibits on the island.
Hashima Island, Japan
Hasima is a former coal miner's 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 5259 people. When coal became unprofitable to mine here, the mine was closed and the island city added itself to the list of ghost towns. It happened in 1974.
Chapel of Bones, Portugal
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 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 informal name for the Aokigahara Jukai forest, located on the island of Honshu in Japan and famous for its frequent suicides. Initially, the forest was associated with Japanese mythology and was traditionally represented as the abode of demons and ghosts. Now it is considered the second most popular place in the world (the championship at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco) to settle accounts with life. At the entrance to the forest there is a poster: “Your life is a priceless gift from your parents. Think about them and about your family. You don't have to suffer alone. Call us at 22-0110."
Abandoned psychiatric hospital in Parma, Italy
Brazilian artist Herbert Baglione made an art object from a building that once housed a psychiatric hospital. He portrayed the spirit of this place. Now ghostly figures of exhausted patients roam 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
Catacombs - a network of winding underground tunnels and caves under 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.
City of Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA
Due to the underground fire that broke out 50 years ago, which continues to burn to this day, the population has decreased from 1,000 people (1981) to 7 people (2012). The population of Centralia is now considered the smallest 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.
Akodesseva Magic Market, Togo
The market of magic items and magical herbs Akodesseva is located right in the center of the city of Lome, the capital of the state of Togo in Africa. The Africans of Togo, Ghana and Nigeria still profess the voodoo religion and believe in the miraculous properties of dolls. The fetish assortment of Akodesseva is extremely exotic: here you can buy the skulls of cattle, the dried heads of monkeys, buffaloes and leopards, and many other equally “wonderful” things.
Plague Island, Italy
Poveglia is one of the most famous islands in the Venetian lagoon, in northern Italy. It is said that since Roman times, the island has been used as a place of exile for plague patients, in connection with which up to 160,000 people were buried on it. The souls of many of the dead have allegedly turned into ghosts, with which the island is now full. The island's dismal reputation is exacerbated by tales of horrific experiments allegedly subjected to patients in a psychiatric clinic. In this regard, paranormal researchers call the island one of the most terrible places on earth.
Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
The Hill of Crosses is a hill on which many Lithuanian crosses are installed, their total number is approximately 50 thousand. Despite the resemblance, it is not a cemetery. According to popular belief, the one who leaves the cross on the Mountain will be lucky. Neither the time of the appearance of the Hill of Crosses, nor the reasons for its occurrence can be said with accuracy. To this day, this place is shrouded in secrets and legends.
Cabayan burials, Philippines
The famous fire mummies of Kabayan dating back to 1200-1500 AD are buried here, as well as, as the locals 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 so,” since the mummy was his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.
Overtown 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 rushed from a 15-meter height, fell on stones and broke to death. Those that survived returned and tried again. The bridge has turned into a real "killer" of four-legged animals.
Aktun Tunichil Muknal Cave, Belize
Aktun Tunichil Muknal is a cave near the city of San Ignacio, Belize. It is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization. It is located on the territory of the Tapira Mountain Natural Park. One of the halls of the cave is the so-called cathedral, where the Mayans performed sacrifices, as they considered this place to be the Xibalba - the entrance to the underworld.
Leap Castle, Ireland
Leap Castle in Offaly, Ireland is considered one of the world's cursed castles. Its dark 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 take out all the bones from it, the workers needed 4 wagons. Locals say that the castle is inhabited by many ghosts of people who died in the dungeon.
Chauchilla Cemetery, Peru
Chauchilla Cemetery is located about 30 minutes from the deserted Nazca plateau, on the south coast of Peru. The necropolis was discovered in the 1920s. According to researchers, bodies were found in the cemetery, which are about 700 years old, and the last burials were carried out here in the 9th century. Chauchilla 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 are perfectly preserved thanks to Peru's dry desert climate.
Sanctuary of Tophet, Tunisia
The most infamous feature of Carthaginian religion was the sacrifice of children, mostly infants. It was forbidden to cry during the sacrifice, as it was believed that any tear, any plaintive sigh would detract from the value of the sacrifice. In 1921, archaeologists discovered a place where several rows of urns were found with the charred remains of both animals (they were sacrificed instead of people) and small children. The place was named Tophet.
Snake Island, Brazil
Queimada Grande is one of the most dangerous and famous islands of our planet. On it 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. The Brazilian authorities have decided to completely ban anyone from visiting this island, and locals tell 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 finished in marble, and the stairs were decorated with red cathedral glass. Now the memorial house has been completely looted, leaving only a concrete frame with reinforcement, similar to a destroyed alien ship.
City of the Dead, Russia
Dargavs in North Ossetia looks like a pretty village with small stone houses, but in fact it is an ancient necropolis. In crypts of various types, people were buried along with all their clothes 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 ended up 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. 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 subway disappeared. Construction slowed down in 1925, half of the 16 km line was completed. There are now guided tours of the abandoned subway twice a year, but many people have been known to roam its tunnels alone.
Hanging coffins of Sagada, Philippines
On the island of Luzon in the village of Sagada is one of the most frightening places in the Philippines. Here you can see unusual burial 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 project of the architect Miura Shinobu - it was a unique and most complex technical structure in all of Sakhalin. It ran on a diesel generator and backup batteries until the early 1990s, when it was re-equipped. Thanks to the atomic energy source, maintenance costs were minimal, but soon there were no funds left for this - the building was empty, and in 2006 the military removed two isotope installations from here that fed the lighthouse. Once it shone for 17.5 miles, but now it has been plundered and fallen into disrepair.
Eighth workshop of the Dagdiesel plant, Makhachkala
Naval weapon test station, commissioned in 1939. It is located at a distance of 2.7 km from the coast and has not been used for a long time. Construction was carried out for 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. Now this “Massiv” is abandoned and stands in the Caspian Sea, resembling an ancient monster from the shore.
Lier Sikehus Psychiatric Hospital, Norway
The Norwegian psychiatric hospital, which is located in the small town of Lier, half an hour from Oslo, has a dark past. Once, experiments were carried out on patients here, and for unknown reasons, four buildings of the hospital 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 working today.
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 found 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: 5300 people with a radius of the island itself of one kilometer. By 1974, the reserves of coal and other minerals on Gankajima were finally exhausted, and people left the island. Today, visiting the island is prohibited. There are many legends about this place among the people.
Mysticism is extremely attractive to a person, like everything unusual that generates curiosity. There are many mystical places on our beautiful planet, scientists study them, but often they cannot explain the phenomena occurring in these territories. What is the most mystical place on Earth is the most mysterious?
We will not rank the most mystical places on the planet, since each of them is unique in its own way, and what is happening there is inexplicable from the point of view of earthly laws.
Nazca Plateau
Almost 500 km² of the Peruvian Nazca Plateau is covered with mysterious lines (geoglyphs). Images of geometric figures, insects, animals and people - grooves 30 cm deep in a sand and pebble pound. Who made such huge images that can only be seen from a considerable height? What was the purpose of creating a complex of huge drawings? Why haven't the images been destroyed in 2000 years? There are no reliable answers to these questions yet.
Sinister valleys of death
Several terrestrial territories are rightfully considered the most mystical places in the world, they are called the valleys of death.
Iluyu Cherkechekh
The Yakut Death Valley is located on the Vilyui lowland. In hard-to-reach places there are large metal objects dug into the ground. The hunters who stayed overnight in warm metal chambers fell ill and soon died. The symptoms of the disease are strangely similar to those of severe radiation exposure. Locals are sure that iron fell from the sky, and once a century a huge pillar of fire bursts out of the ground, burning everything for 100 m in a radius.
Peruvian Death Valley
In the west of the Andes in Peru there is a gorge where those who visited at night fell ill with a severe form of anemia and quickly died. Those who visited the valley during the day remained healthy and unharmed.
Pyrenean Valley of Death
In the very center of the valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides, there is the purest lake Alet. But even the birds do not fly here. People go missing from time to time. Those of them who have returned look strangely aged and not quite sane.
There are mysteriously terrible Valleys of Death in China - the Hollow of Black Bamboo, and in Canada - the Valley of the Headless, and in Russia - the Dyatlov Pass.
Sable Island
Located in the Western Hemisphere, a small nomadic island is called the "ship eater". Due to the peculiarities of the local current, thousands of ships found their last refuge in this terrible place. Huge sea ships were sucked into the island sand in just a couple of months. There is an assumption that the island is a living substance of a silicon nature.
Bermuda Triangle
The section of the Atlantic Ocean in the Western Hemisphere is associated with numerous reports of the disappearance of ships and aircraft without a trace, the appearance of ships abandoned by the crew, unusual temporal, light and spatial phenomena. There are many hypotheses about what is happening in the Bermuda Triangle: some claim that the inhabitants of Atlantis found their refuge in this place at the bottom of the ocean, others believe that there is an alien base here, and still others believe that this territory is a portal to other dimensions.
Easter Island
Stone giants were created between 1250 and 1500 AD. How the islanders could carve the monolithic statues, and most importantly, how the multi-ton figures were transported from the place where the rock was mined, cannot be explained.
Pyramids of Yonaguni
Massive platforms and stone pillars lie at a depth of up to 40 m near the Japanese island of Ryuku. Some try to dispute the man-made origin of the complex, but most scientists rightly believe that nature cannot create so many right angles, regular square shapes.
Devil's Tower
Exceeding 2.5 times the size of the pyramid of Cheops, the Devil's Tower is located in the US state of Wyoming. The local population claims that mysterious lights are sometimes visible on the top of the mountain. People can't get to the mysterious object!
City of Jihlava
The most mystical city in the world is Jihlava in the Czech Republic. In the catacombs made by people in the Middle Ages, ghosts are found and the sounds of the organ are clearly audible. A special archaeological expedition in 1996 did not find a single room in the underground passage that could accommodate a bulky instrument, but confirmed the reality of the existence of organ sounds. In addition, a luminous staircase was found in the catacombs, the nature of the glow of which scientists could not explain.
In addition to the mystical, there are others on the planet - and the most, where all lovers rush.
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 such terrible places in the world is 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, luxurious processions buried wealthy citizens. The territory of the cemetery is small, but 100 thousand dead are buried here. It is noteworthy that older burials were sprinkled with earth, then new dead were buried on top of them. Thus, about 12 tiers were formed: now travelers can observe a terrible picture - the sagging 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 an abandoned temple, attracted by the unusual legend of the place. Sometime during the next funeral service, the roof over the church collapsed. Once a holy place, the Czech artist Hadrava decorated with numerous ominous ghost sculptures.
Mexican island of abandoned dolls
The Mexican island of abandoned dolls attracts adrenaline lovers with the exoticism of forgotten toys. In the middle of the last century, a hermit who settled here began to collect and “settle” dolls thrown into the garbage 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 network of communications stretching up to 300 kilometers lies near Paris: more than 6 million people have found their shelter here.
Japanese Hashima Island
The Japanese island of Hashima is also considered the most mystical place in the world. This abandoned mining town once provided the country with coal: quarries and a mine were operating at the end of the 19th century. They came here in the hope of making money: the miners densely populated the island with their families. Almost 40 years ago, the enterprise became unprofitable, coal mines were closed. Now this island has become a popular ghost town with tourists.
Suicide forest
Jukai, the famous Suicide Forest, is located on one of the Japanese islands and went down in history as a bad place where thousands of people took their own lives. The forest initially had a bad reputation thanks to ancient legends about ghosts, and since the middle of the last century, suicides have frequented these creepy thickets. Having delved several hundred meters into the forest, along the paths you can find things - shoes, clothes, bags of the departed. Knowing how attractive the place is for people with a weak psyche, the authorities put up a warning poster with a helpline number.
Burials of fire mummies of Kabayan
Among the most mystical places in the world are also called the burial places of the fire mummies of Cabayan in the Philippines. These remains are more than seven centuries old: locals believe that the spirits of the mummified dead still live near the burials. A feature of local customs is that mummies were buried in small capsules-coffins made of wood, laying the bodies of the dead in them in the most uncomfortable poses.
Akodeseva Magic Market
At the Akodesseva magic market, 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 can choose from painted skulls, magical accessories, potions and potions, dried monkey heads, hare and chicken paws, various souvenirs and local amulets.
Mental hospital
In the ranking of the scariest places in the world, tourists are attracted by the old psychiatric hospital in the city of Parma: it was once one of the most 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 clinic with the silhouettes of patients. Ghostly figures adorn the building, conveying to rare visitors the eerie atmosphere of an abandoned Italian 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 the sick, who were exiled here from all over the country. More than 16 thousand plague victims are buried here, but the locals believe that their souls have not calmed down and still hover over the graves. The gloomy reputation of the island 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 the extensive fire, the population almost left these territories. The underground fire has not yet been extinguished: the atmosphere of hopelessness is emphasized by ash particles in the air above 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 Hill of Crosses with ancient Lithuanian crosses is a creepy-looking hill that is not a cemetery at all. According to numerous legends, everyone who sets up a cross here will get good luck and change their fate for the better.
Cave in Belize
A cave in Belize attracts tourists with a strange atmosphere of the cult of the ancient Mayans. This unusual archaeological site is located near Mount Tapira and is famous for its original cathedral, equipped in one of the cave halls. Here bloody sacrifices were made for terrible deities. The Mayans also believed that it was here that the gates to the underworld open.
Chauchilla Cemetery
The Peruvian ancient cemetery of Chauchilla was also on the list of the most terrible places on the planet. Landmark of the country is located near the Nazca plateau, known to ufologists. The necropolis was discovered by scientists about a century ago. The method of burial attracted the attention of archaeologists: the dead were seated in graves, covering their bodies with a special composition. Thanks to ancient recipes, the dead are perfectly preserved: this was also facilitated by the dry climate of the Peruvian desert.
snake island
In Brazil, Snake Island is considered the most terrible 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 forbidden to visit Queimada Grande because of the risk of being attacked by huge poisonous reptiles.
Triangle of Molebs
The Moleb Triangle was included in the rating of the most terrible places in Russia: this is a remote village in the Perm Territory, in which anomalous UFO activity was noticed. Previously, 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, Overtown, has become infamous for unexplained dog suicides. Dozens of dogs threw themselves down onto the rocks and died, and the survivors went upstairs 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 arranged in the forest of one of the villages in the Philippines. The locals bury the dead by hanging them up so that the souls of the departed ancestors are closer to heaven.
Sanctuary of Tophet
In the Tunisian sanctuary of Tophet, several centuries ago, animals and children were sacrificed: such was the peculiarity of the bloody religion of old Carthage.
Unfinished subway in Cincinnati
The grandiose construction project, the unfinished subway in Cincinnati, strikes with the atmosphere of abandonment. The depot was built at the end of the 19th century, but the line was frozen for economic reasons. Now you can get to the depot several times a year, although diggers from all over the world often visit the unfinished subway on their own.
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