- U-Report
VIVA – In this world, there are many tourist places that are worthy to visit such as beaches, mountains, museums, or another. Meanwhile, it turns out that there are also many places that seem dangerous, mysterious, and horrible. Keeping stories in history, old places become scary locations for some people.
Here are 7 scariest tourism places, because for having a dark story from big explosions to suicide sites, are you brave for visit these places?
1. The Catacombs of Paris
This place is an underground grave that contains more than 6 million people. Built in the late 12th century as a way to deal with the city’s overflowing cemeteries, the catacombs feature sections dedicated to different bones and body parts.
Victims of the Place de Grève and Rue Meslée riots in 1788 are buried in The Catacombs of Paris. In addition, during World War II many Parisians hid here.
2. Eastern State Penitentiary, United States
Founded in 1829, the Eastern State Penitentiary was built as a prison that held several notorious criminals such as Al Capone, Will Sutton, and James Bruno (Big Joe).
The old building was erected automatically to present a mysterious feel. Coupled with the remains of the ruins from the excavation. The spooky air will increase when you walk around here while listening to the audio tour narration.
Now the Eastern State Penitentiary is not used as a prison but a museum which is open to the public from 10 AM to 5 PM in local time.
3. Chernobyl Amusement Park, The Ghost Town
The amusement parks can be creepy enough, but at Chernobyl Amusement Park, in the ghost town of Pripyat, Ukraine, the reason for abandonment makes the place not only creepy, but hazardous.
The 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant closed down the plant and caused the evacuation of the entire city, rendering this amusement park useless.
While the people have long since departed, the radiation remains.
4. The Genocide Museum, Tuol Sleng Cambodia
Before being turned into a museum, Tuol Sleng was a concentration camp during the Communist Khmer Rouge regime that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge, built this place to get rid of those who disagreed with him. The name Tuol Sleng is taken from the Khmer language which means 'hill of poisoned trees'.
Tuol Seng was one of 150 to 196 torture and execution centers founded by the Khmer Rouge.
More than 200,000 people are said to have been detained in Tuol Sleng. Many innocent people were involved in this genocide.
5. The Gateway to Hell, Turkmenistan
There is a crater deep in the Turkmenistan desert that's been burning an inferno for the past 40 years. Officially called the Darvaza Crater, this incredible sight is also nicknamed the Gateway or Doorway to Hell.
There's no concrete record of what exactly happened, making the fiery cavern even more intriguing.
6. The Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkey
Derinkuyu is one of the ancient underground cities in Turkey. The depth of the city is estimated at 54 meters below ground level. Derinkuyu was formed during the Byzantine period from 780 to 1180, at which time it was often used as a refuge during wars.
Even though it has been built for a long time, the Derinkuyu site can be said to be neatly organized in its time. There are even public facilities such as schools, prisons, small churches, armory, access tunnels, wells, and air chimneys that function for long-term excavations.
7. Aokigahara, Japan Suicide Forest
The number of bodies found has made Aokigahara dubbed the 'suicide forest'. Because it looks quiet and far from civilization. Many people decide to end their lives in this forest located at the foot of Mount Fuji.
Since 1988, there have been 100 suicides recorded every year in Aokigahara. As a result of the frequent bodies found here, at the entrance of the Aokigahara forest there is an inscription containing advice and sentences to abort suicide.
Aokigahara reportedly ranks second as a suicide location after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, United States.
8. The Island of the Dolls, Mexico
Mexico City is the beyond-creepy Isla de las Munecas or known as Island of the dolls: dolls, many sporting missing limbs or empty eye sockets, hang from trees and buildings in a scene straight out of a horror film.
Legend has it that after a little girl drowned near the island some years ago, its caretaker hung up her doll in remembrance, and the collection was added over the years. Locals say the dolls are possessed by the girl’s spirit, and some have even heard them whispering to each other.
