The Hand of the Desert (Mano del desierto), Chile
11-meter sculpture is installed in the Antofagasta area in northern Chile. According to the idea of the author Mario Ihrarasabal, this imposing monument symbolizes loneliness, injustice and helplessness. A sad place is popular, it is regularly visited by tourists, here clips and commercials are shot. Unfortunately, some visitors can not resist vandalism, so the hand must be periodically cleaned of graffiti.
The sacred forest (Sacro Bosco), Italy
The park ensemble "Sacred Forest" was built in 1548-1580 in the town of Bomarzo. The client of the dismal park was the Duke Pierre Francesco Orsini. In the Sacred Forest there are 30 sculptural structures, such as Hercules, Aphrodite, Cerberus, sirens, as well as the falling house and the Gates of the Underworld. After several centuries of oblivion, the park was restored and re-opened for visitors in 1954, at the same time he received another name - "Garden of Monsters".
Island of Puppets (Isla de las Muñecas), Mexico
According to legend, a small girl drowned in a canal near the island, whose spirit never found peace. At least that was the opinion of Julian Santana Barrera. The man found the doll near the place of the girl's death, and since then began to collect this eerie collection to propitiate the spirit of the deceased child. This went on for 50 years, until Julian's death. Despite the superstitions surrounding the Island of Puppets, it is readily visited by tourists.
Ghost Town Centralia, USA
In 1962, an incident occurred that turned this town into a kind of Silent Hill (by the way, there were filmed some scenes of the same film). Firefighters burned garbage in a landfill that was set up in an abandoned pit of a coal mine. The flames spread to the coal seams, and an underground fire began, which continues to this day. But even this does not stop lovers of extreme tourism, photographers and journalists.
Mount Krestov (Kryžių kalnas), Lithuania
The Hill of Crosses, which is located near the Lithuanian city of Siauliai, resembles an old cemetery. But in fact it is a hill that has become a place of pilgrimage for Catholics. People believe that if you leave the cross here, then their wishes will be fulfilled and they will be lucky. According to legend, the first to establish a cross on the hill peasant, whose daughter was seriously ill. Soon after, the girl recovered, and new crosses began appearing on the hill.
Forest of Aokigahara, Japan
"Aokigahara" translates as "Plain of blue trees", but this place is also known as the "Suicide Forest". It is not only a popular tourist route, but also a favorite place for suicides from Tokyo and its environs. The authorities are doing everything possible to prevent the death of citizens. For this purpose, the forest is regularly patrolled, cameras and signboards with telephone lines are installed along the paths, and local residents report all suspicious-looking people to the police.
Ghost Town Kanbashi, China
Kanbashi is called a ghost town, because almost no one lives there. The new city was never settled because of too high prices for real estate and other financial problems. It can not be said that it is completely deserted, there are still about 20 thousand people living there, but considering that it was designed for 2 million inhabitants, this creates the illusion of an absolutely empty city. They say that tourists (especially photographers) can be found there more often than local residents.
Lake Spotted Lake, Canada
The lake is in British Columbia, near the town of Osusus. The name translates as "spotted lake", and Indians of the Oklanagan call him Kliluk and attribute to him mystical properties. The unusual appearance of the lake is explained by the high concentration of magnesium sulfate, silver, calcium and titanium. But tourists are unlikely to get close to him without the permission of the elders of the local Indians, so they prefer to photograph the lake from a distance.
Darweza Gas Crater (Derweze), Turkmenistan
The Darwaza Crater, or "The Gates of Hell," was formed in 1971 as a result of a dip in exploration work. From the formed hole began to be released gas, which was decided to set fire to not poison people from the nearest settlements. According to the calculations of geologists, the gas had to completely burn down in a few days, but the fire has been going on for 46 years and attracts travelers, photographers and researchers from all over the world.
An ossuary in Sedlec (Kostnice v Sedlci), Czech Republic
The belfry in Sedlec, or the Church of All Saints, is famous for the cemetery in the suburbs of the Czech city of Kutna Hora because the interior of this building is decorated with human bones. The cemetery was unable to accommodate all the dead, so in 1400 a chapel with a burial vault was built, which was used to store the remains. Later, in the XIX century, the bones and skulls were cleaned, bleached and used for interior decoration.
Poveglia Island, Italy
The legends say that Povella, one of the islands of the Venetian lagoon, was the place where the plague patients were sent to die, and that is why the undead souls of the sick are still wandering around there. In 1922, there was opened a psychiatric hospital, which existed until 1968. There were rumors that experiments had been conducted on patients, and the chief doctor had gone mad and committed suicide by jumping off the tower. The island was abandoned and remains in this state to this day.
Forest of Hoya-Bachu (Pădurea Hoia), Romania
The forest in the west of the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca has earned a reputation as a paranormal place thanks to the regular appearance of UFOs and other strange phenomena there. Local residents are not afraid to walk in the forest, but it is believed that a prolonged stay in it can cause nausea, rashes and dizziness. Of course, all this could be considered no more than urban legends, were it not for photos of unidentified objects that were recognized as genuine.
Overtone Bridge, Scotland
The bridge in the city of Dumbarton is notorious: the dogs rush from it upside down, always from the same place: on the right, between the last two spans. They all wrote off to mysticism, until animal behavior expert David Sexton examined the place where the dogs jumped and found a huge number of traces of urine from mink and mice. This substance strongly affects dogs, especially hunting breeds, which makes them thoughtlessly break from the bridge down.
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