Gothic novels usually tell stories of ghosts that wander the corridors and rooms of ancient houses and monasteries. The mystical atmosphere is not alien to romantic natures and inveterate materialists. In view of this, European villas with phantoms are so... Haunted houses in Russia are no less mysterious.
1. Mikhailovka estate in St. Petersburg
The walls of the palace, which was once destroyed and devastated by the Nazis, remember a lot. In the suburban part Northern capital Between Strelna and Peterhof there is an estate named Mikhailovka in memory of the Grand Duke, who was the son of Nicholas I, the famous Russian emperor.
The surrounding lands had many other owners. The suburban buildings belonged to the emperor's close associates - Robert Areskin, the chief cook, Johann Felten, the shipbuilder Tikhon Lukin, and the tsar's favorite, Alexander Menshikov. The latter’s estate was called “Favorite”.
Later in these places there were summer cottages P. A. Mikhin, who served as a field marshal. The dachas of Hetman K. G. Razumovsky were also nearby. Then the place was called Hetman's Manor. In the 30s of the 18th century, it was decided to unite all the plots, and about 20 years later the majestic palace of the famous prince was built.
Part of the territory was given to the campus and a couple of decades later a grandiose palace of the Grand Duke was erected here. Today the huge territory is partially occupied by the university. All other premises and former palace remain abandoned. Haunted houses in Russia, such as Mikhailovka, instill a sense of panic and anxiety in visitors.
2. Glinka estate in the Moscow region (Shchelkovsky district)
This estate was once owned by the legendary Jacob Bruce, known as a scientist and statesman. During his lifetime he was called a warlock. If you believe the memoirs of Bruce's contemporaries, the official always loved to show his guests various kinds of tricks. In particular, they described how he froze water in summer time in a pond, and in winter he could, on the contrary, melt it.
Others claimed that dolls wandered around the estate gigantic size, metal birds were flying. There are speculations that real underground labyrinths were organized under the estate, which Jacob built for his magic practice. Often visiting this place, like other haunted houses in Russia, guests note that the terrifying masks that decorate the main house smile and wink if for a long time look at them.
3. Filippov estate in the Moscow region
The baker's mansion is shrouded in an atmosphere of pomp and luxury. This is a misleading impression. The son of the owner of the estate hid his mistress, a gypsy named Aza, in the house. A solitary existence and rare visits with her lover led her to decide to commit suicide. The gypsy woman jumped from a high tower. Local residents and patients of the medical institution who spent a long time in the estate claim that several times they met the ghost of a poor girl in the alleys of the park.
4. Oldenburg Palace in the Voronezh region
There is a belief that many centuries ago a powerful witcher placed a curse on the castle in Ramon. He did this because of unrequited feelings for the owner of the estate, Evgenia. Since that time, a series of strange events began to happen here. It was rumored that the son of the Oldenburg family named Peter was a terrible man who brought terror to his neighbors.
It is alleged that he used innocent people for his experiments in the underground chambers of the palace. In addition, he was engaged in the search for ancient Egyptian artifacts. According to legend, three ghosts can be found on the territory of the estate. The recent event that happened in the palace amazed everyone. In one of basements the plaster crumbled, and in its place a silhouette of a woman was found, which very much resembled the first owner of the estate, Evgenia Maximilianovna.
5. Vasilyevskoye estate in the Smolensk region
On the estate of the Povalishins couple you can study Russian Freemasonry. The location of the alleys, the planning of buildings, the decoration of the facades of the main building - all the details here symbolize “free masons”. The most notable objects of this place are two pyramids created from earth. One of them has a classic shape, and the second has an inverted shape.
It is believed that the owners of the estate, who are fond of mysticism, thus left secret messages for their descendants, using the code of Masonic symbols. Even leading experts who study the symbols and cultures of the world cannot decipher these mysterious codes. People associate haunted houses in Russia, including Vasilyevskoye, with something evil. Visitors to such places from the first minute of being there.
Although England is considered a land of ghosts with its ancient castles, the USA has many more “hyped” buildings, about which films are often made and articles are written.It's not always easy to figure it out we're talking about only about legends or where eerie events actually happen.
So, There is a house in Savannah, Georgia called Sorrel-Weed. This red-brown building is rumored to be inhabited. It is known that it was built in 1840. The first owner of the house was a certain Francis Sorrel. One day, one of the family members killed a black slave by burying her in the courtyard of the house. Apparently, since then “something” has settled in the building... In any case, strange voices are often heard inside it, coming from out of nowhere. By the way, Sorrel-Weed was shown in the TV series “In the Wake of Ghosts.”
Another "house of nightmares" is abandoned Waverly Hills Sanitarium in Louisville, Kentucky. At the beginning of the last century, Louisville, located in a swampy area, had many tuberculosis patients. In 1926, donations were used to build a sanatorium for. “Progressive” treatments were tried on patients - for example, they worked on their lungs ultraviolet radiation, forced to stay with open windows or on the roof of a building to “breathe air”, implanted into the lungs Balloons, they performed operations to remove muscles and ribs in order to let more oxygen into the lungs... As a result of this treatment, many patients died, and their bodies were taken out of the hospital through a secret underground tunnel.
In 1961, the sanatorium was closed, and a year later a nursing home with a geriatric hospital was opened in the building. Patients there were also brutally treated, in particular, they were treated with electric shock. In 1982, due to funding cuts and numerous violations by staff, this institution was also closed. The building fell into disrepair, and since then there have been rumors of ghosts.
In 2002, researchers from the Ghost society came here and were able to repeatedly observe paranormal phenomena within the walls of the abandoned sanatorium. So, they met the spirit of a woman with a bloody wrist, who was screaming for help, and the spirit little boy playing ball. Most often, “otherworldly” meetings took place in the area of room No. 502 on the fifth floor, where in 1928 the head nurse hanged herself with a lamp cord - allegedly due to depression... By the way, in 1932, another nurse who worked in the same room committed suicide by throwing herself off the roof. According to members of the Ghost Society, an ancient evil lives within these walls...
The historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado not far from national park Rocky Mountain served as the prototype for the ominous hotel from Stephen King's novel The Shining, which was subsequently filmed several times. According to the stories of the hotel employees, they really live there. Sometimes you can hear someone playing the piano in empty rooms. And sometimes spirits appear in visitors’ rooms in the middle of the night.
Near New Hamburg Station in New York there is a mysterious house with a tragic history., owned by one John Lawson. However, the owner himself never appears there. The house is inhabited by... mannequins, which are often seen by neighbors and seem to live their own independent lives. But no one has seen real people there for a long time.
Life-size female mannequins in old-fashioned outfits appear on the terrace of a house. Their number appearance and poses change, they hold various objects in their hands - dishes, books, towels, brushes or even bird cages. Sometimes the hands of mannequins point to an old abandoned house opposite... At night and on rainy days the dolls are not visible, they are probably inside. Curious neighbors have not seen a single living soul here for many years. True, at night a faint light leaks through the curtains on the windows - which means that someone is still living inside...
Some believe the mystery of the Lawson House stems from its dramatic history. It is known that it was built in 1845 and survived several fires. And in 1871, a train crashed near the house. 22 people died. There is a version that the dolls on the terrace are a reminder of that long-standing tragedy - they depict the dead passengers of the train.
In the 70s last century the press wrote about Haunted House in Amityville, New York. In 1974, one of its inhabitants killed his entire family here. A year later, husband and wife team George and Kathy Lutz bought the house. Soon they began to say that strange and frightening things were happening there - an ominous looking creature was loitering around the rooms, the doors were shattering into splinters by themselves, and window glass crashed. A best-selling book was written about the “Amittyville Horror” and a number of films were made. But unexpectedly, the lawyers for the killer of the previous owners of the nightmare house admitted that there were no traces of ghosts: their mentally ill client paid them and the Lutzes to create a fictitious horror story.
Why is there no 11th entrance at the Waterfront House, but the paintings at the Denver airport show a dead leopard? Some buildings can be spoken of not only as architectural structures, but also as riddles.
1 Pentagon
The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world. It got its name because of its shape - a regular pentagon. The perimeter of this huge Arlington geometric figure is about 1405 meters.
The Pentagon is still the most optimal building in terms of ergonomics. The building is intersected by ten corridors in the center, which connect five pentagons extending from the center.
Thus, an employee of the American military department can get to any point of the building along the perimeter, spending no more than seven minutes.
The Pentagon is pure numbers magic. It was built in 491 days. If, according to the Pythagorean method, we add these numbers (4+9+1), then we get – 5 (the number of sides of the pentagon). If we go further, using the same Pythagorean method, and decide to multiply the numbers (4X9X1), we get – 36. If we count the sum of all integers from 1 to 36, we get – 666.
Construction of the Pentagon was planned to begin on September 11, 1941 and end on January 15, 1943. The builders met the deadlines on the same day. The date September 11 mysteriously accompanies the Pentagon. On this day in 1941, construction of the building began, in 2001 the Pentagon was attacked by Boeing, and on September 11, 2002, the entire Pentagon territory came back into use.
2 Denver Airport
The largest airport in the USA. Its area is 140 square kilometers. For supporters of the global conspiracy theory, this building is almost the central link in the plans of the World Government.
According to one version, the airport was built on the site of an ancient Indian cemetery, which is why its roofs are decorated with wigwam-shaped tents. According to the official version, the tents symbolize the rocky mountains.
The runways at the top resemble a swastika in shape, which also cannot but arouse suspicion among people who are inclined to see everything as a hoax.
In fact, this form is the most convenient for managing traffic and minimizing the dependence of flights on weather conditions.
It's as if Denver's airport was purposely built to give conspiracy theorists something to talk about. So, during its construction, despite the fact that Denver is a flat city, as much land was removed as would be enough for a third of the city’s territory. This gives rise to some people to argue that the airport building is the tip of the iceberg, and underneath it there is a whole city, otherwise military base, or a concentration camp (yes, they say that too!).
Four strange paintings by artist Leo Tanguma hanging in the airport building also raise questions. According to the artist's plan, they symbolize humanity's struggle against genocide.
Some details of these paintings, such as three dead girls in coffins, a dead leopard, a giant soldier in a gas mask, can be shocking. Proponents of conspiracy theories believe that these paintings depict hints of the transformation of the earth, the establishment of a world government and a new world order.
Another interesting place– the last stone of the terminal with a time capsule, laid by the Freemasons. The capsule should be opened in the year 2094. The sculptures of gargoyles in the luggage compartment also raise suspicions... In general, this airport is a very busy place.
3 House on the embankment
The house on the Embankment was first named so in the story of the same name by Yuri Trifonov. There are many legends associated with this building and the site on which it was built.
Back in the 17th century, the boyar Bersen Beklemishev began to build a mansion on this site (which since ancient times was called the Swamp), but did not have time to complete the construction, since he was executed by order of Vasily III. The construction of the building was completed by clerk Averky Kirillov, who was killed during the Streltsy riot and never lived in his chambers.
Gradually the Swamp gained notoriety. Here the gang of the famous robber Vanka Cain robbed visiting merchants, and executions of state criminals were often carried out here.
In 1927, construction began here of the “house of the future” for the party elite. total area houses amounted to about 400,000 m2. The ten-story building contained 505 apartments and many infrastructure facilities. There was a hairdresser, a laundry, a store, kindergarten, telegraph, post office, gym.
The first residents of the famous house were Beria, Marshals Zhukov and Tukhachevsky, children of Stalin. Resettlement was carried out according to special government lists.
It is interesting that the House on the Embankment does not have an 11th entrance. In 1930, when the facility was under construction, there was a severe fire. The developer was afraid of missing the deadline for putting the facility into operation. It was decided to abandon the 11th entrance and distribute usable area between entrances 10 and 12.
The square meters of apartments were redistributed, but where the stairs, elevators and stairwells “went” remained a mystery. Since then, rumors began to circulate that the “secret corridors” were used by Lubyanka employees to monitor the residents.
The residents were indeed being watched, but not in a very secret way. On the ground floor of the house there were secret apartments for security officers. They worked in the house under the guise of commandants, concierges, elevator operators and in their apartments they met with their informants or hid mysterious residents, such as an agent Soviet intelligence V South Africa Dieter Gerhardt.
4 Ostankino Estate
Ostankino has had a bad reputation since the 15th century, when a cemetery for suicides was located here. Therefore, those who were driven out of the city were strong here: soothsayers, sorcerers.
In Ostankino there was also a serf theater. It is difficult to say whether it was the influence of the place or a difficult, unfree fate, but many actresses drowned themselves in the Ostankino ponds, which were even nicknamed “actorkin’s”. Now there is a residential building nearby, and in the churchyard there is a television center building. Local residents and television center workers say that sometimes in these parts you can meet an ancient old woman with a stick, who appears before misfortunes and tragedies.
The list of those warned by the prophet includes several kings (Paul I, Alexander I, Alexander II), boyars, and princes. Today, in the era of television, for some reason the ghost makes contact exclusively with the Ostankino security guards and ordinary employees of the television center.
5 CNPO Leninets
There are many mysterious buildings in St. Petersburg. The status of the most mysterious house from the times of the USSR can go to house 212 on Moskovsky Prospect. Here, in the building of the Leninets Research and Production Association, a secret special laboratory was allegedly located, directly subordinate to the NKVD. Here they studied genetics and carried out crossbreeding work different types animals.
At the beginning of 1999, documents were made public, according to which every year in the 30-50s of the last century, about 200 prisoners were sent to the special department of the Leningrad NKVD (and then the MGB and KGB) “to conduct a holistic analysis of the physiological and mental state and develop methods for correcting identified violations.”
6 Moscow State University building
The Moscow State University skyscraper is one of the decorations of the Russian capital. There are many legends associated with this building. They say that the place chosen by the architects was unsuitable for construction: for such big building The soils on Vorobyovy Gory are too weak. But the architects who worked on the Moscow State University project found a solution: they dug a huge foundation, filled it with liquid nitrogen, and then erected refrigeration units to what is now called the 3rd basement. That is, if something goes wrong and the freezers fail, in a week the Main Building of Moscow State University will end up in the Moscow River.
There is also talk that the main building of Moscow State University is as multi-story down as it is up. The collective consciousness has produced many versions: the underground city “Ramenki-2”, the secret Metro-2, the cyclophastron, an atomic reactor and even a secret laboratory for the study of permafrost.
Interesting fact: the red stripes on the façade of the Main Building of Moscow State University create the appearance of proportionality of the building. If you remove them, it will seem almost shapeless. Since the central body, the “large” and “small” zones differ significantly in height and width.
Finally, there is still talk that MSU is haunted: prisoners who died during construction or former students who want to settle old scores with the university.
7 Rotunda on Gorokhovaya
The rotunda on Gorokhovaya Street in St. Petersburg is one of the most mystical and legendary places in the city. This round building with six columns along the perimeter, to the dome of which a cast-iron staircase leads.
The house where the rotunda is located was built in the 18th century, and after that it was rebuilt many times. The dome of the rotunda is hidden under the attic, and its only window faces the courtyard. Everything is arranged in such a way that you can guess what exactly is hidden behind the doors an ordinary house impossible.
According to the most common version, the rotunda on Gorokhovaya Street was a meeting place for Masons who received new members of the club here. This version is supported by the fact that the house once belonged to the famous freemason Count Andrei Zubov. What makes the rotunda even more mysterious is the fact that Grigory Rasputin himself often visited here. His mansion was very close. Since the 80s of the last century, the rotunda has become a meeting place for rockers, punks and other informals.
8 Tretyakov Gallery
They say that paintings from the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery somehow have a special, mystical influence on people. For example, the painting “The Morning of the Streltsy Execution” by Surikov became the cause of the long, serious illness of Pavel Tretyakov’s daughter. The image of the Vladimir Mother of God helped protect the capital from the enemy. And the positive impact on the audience of the paintings of Levitan and Nicholas Roerich can even be measured with instruments.
There is a well-known legend associated with the Tretyakov exhibition: girls of undistinguished age should not look for long at the portrait of Maria Lopukhina (she died shortly after the painting was painted). It appeared thanks to secular gossips who believed that Maria’s father, Ivan Lopukhin, a famous mystic and master of the Masonic lodge, lured his daughter’s spirit into this portrait.
9 House of Winchester
The Winchester House is one of the landmarks of the United States. In 1884, the house was purchased by Sarah Winchester, widow of William Winchester, son of Oliver Winchester, inventor of the famous rifle.
At a reception with a medium, the widow learned that she was haunted by misfortunes due to the fact that her family was cursed by those killed by the Winchester (and there were many of them, given the history of the conquest of the Wild West). To avoid further problems, a woman must build special house, in which the spirits cannot harm her.
Sarah purchased a house on the West Coast and invested her entire fortune in renovating the house. The house is set up so that the spirits haunting Sarah will become confused when trying to find the widow. There are many dead-end doors that open into walls and stairs that reach into ceilings. The corridors in the building are very narrow, especially since the widow was miniature and could easily move through this labyrinth. Some of the doors on the upper floors open outwards, and many walls have secret windows. The number 13 is often found - almost all stairs have 13 steps, and many rooms have 13 windows.
Currently, the house has about 160 rooms, 13 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 40 stairs. There are 2000 doors in the rooms, 450 doorways, about 10,000 windows (stained glass windows have survived to this day), 47 fireplaces and one shower.
10 Lip Castle
We couldn't help but include the castle in the list of the most mysterious buildings. Castles are generally mysterious, but this one, Leap Castle in Ireland, is considered the most mysterious and creepy.
The castle was owned by the O'Carroll clan. They became famous, among other things, for often inviting their enemies to dinner at the castle under the pretext of reconciliation, and then killing them right at the table or in their beds after the feast. A tradition worthy of Game of Thrones.
In the same way, dozens of mercenaries from the O’Neill and McMahon clans were killed, who had previously helped the O’Carrolls in internecine wars and received death instead of payment.
Under the dining hall in the castle there was a dungeon (“oubliette”), into which unsuspecting guests fell through a secret door in the corner of the hall. Its bottom 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 twentieth century, workers found in the “oubliette” great amount bones - it took three carts to clean out the dungeon. In total, the remains of 150 people were discovered. A pocket watch made in 1840 was also found among the bones, suggesting the use of an oubliette even in the 19th century.
Due to the abundance of horrors that happened in the castle, it is now inhabited by many ghosts (at least, this is what local residents and psychics who visited the castle say). The most terrible spirit - it is called Elemental ("natural phenomenon") or "It" - does not even have a human appearance. Eyewitnesses describe it as a bent, ready-to-pounce beast the size of a sheep. Before this spirit appears, the air is filled with the smell of decaying corpses and sulfur... It is also said that every night a mysterious light comes on in the “bloody chapel”.
For many Russian cities The problem of housing shortage remains relevant today. Against the background of this circumstance, it seems especially strange that there are abandoned houses in every region. In some areas, there are even entire villages and towns that have been abandoned forever by their previous owners.
The dying Russian hinterland...
The problem of empty buildings in our country became most acute after the collapse of the USSR. Many municipal organizations ceased to exist, among them collective farms, industrial enterprises and cultural associations. In rural areas there is practically no work left for local residents, and the local infrastructure has collapsed. Given this state of affairs, many village residents began to dream of moving to cities and large urban-type settlements. Over the years, many villages have completely disappeared from official maps. There are abandoned houses with boarded up windows or broken glass even in relatively prosperous populated areas. The former buildings of provincial factories and factories and abandoned farms look no better.
How do ghost houses appear in cities?
There are abandoned buildings in major cities. The vast majority of them are in the private sector. The city budget does not always contain funds for the prompt restoration or demolition of multi-story residential and administrative buildings. Most often, such objects are covered with a protective net and surrounded by high fences. There are similar abandoned residential buildings in Moscow and other large cities. Many of them are waiting their turn for restoration and major renovation. Others simply get demolished over time. The building may be abandoned for a long time with the issue of ownership of this property unresolved or land plot, on which it is built.
Abandoned buildings - a monument to the past or an art object?
Sometimes people leave and forget entire villages or cities forever. One of the most famous examples is the infamous Ukrainian city of Pripyat. Abandoned houses were left without owners one day after the nuclear power plant accident. Interestingly, today the city with a sad history is developing as a popular tourist destination. Thrill seekers from all over the world are willing to pay a lot to visit this ghost town in person.
However, less famous abandoned buildings are also popular in certain circles. Some people like to explore any abandoned buildings. Sometimes in such buildings you can actually find interesting items related to their history. Photographers and alternative artists also do not shy away from abandoned residential buildings. The photos in them turn out to be very unusual and original. Representatives of official art do not neglect such objects either. Many mystical films were shot in abandoned buildings and scenery that imitates them. And these are not only the fruits of the director's imagination.
Since time immemorial, people sometimes began to consider this or that house cursed if it stood for quite a long time without owners. Often, even today, real urban legends begin to take shape about abandoned buildings. Unfortunately, often such horror stories actually have a real basis. Abandoned houses like a magnet attract not only extreme tourists, but also ordinary teenagers, as well as the homeless and representatives of the criminal world. When exploring such an object, there is a high risk of not only meeting intruders inside, but also being harmed by the building itself. Houses in disrepair are slowly being destroyed. While visiting them, beware of collapses of floors and roofs.
The future of abandoned buildings
Abandoned residential buildings in Russia are not only a detail of the architectural appearance of cities and villages. Similar buildings can be considered as a profitable option for investment in real estate. The cost of abandoned dilapidated buildings is significantly lower than similar houses suitable for use. At the same time, it is often restoration work and repairs do not require major investments. Private abandoned residential buildings are also being sold at reduced prices. And this is an excellent offer for those who are looking for a plot for individual construction in a certain area or dream of own home and is ready to work on its restoration.
There are places in the world that have attracted people for many decades. They are accompanied by mysticism, the crimes remain unsolved, the disappearances of people are unexplained, frightening natural phenomena and terrible stories from witnesses appear constantly. Stories are passed down from generation to generation. Sometimes find out the truth about this mysterious place very hard. 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 seen last time, noticed a huge stain 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. Here the space program was developed and tested nuclear weapon. 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. He who comes there sad falls under power evil forces and kills himself. More than fifty corpses are found here every year! 
Chateau Miranda, Belgium
The former owners of the castle 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 captured on film and photographed more than once local residents. The mystery remains: why is everything happening in this particular valley? 
Pine Gap, Australia
This closed area land, which 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 here natural gas, it turned out to be a huge crater 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.