There are many places in the world where a curious tourist has never set foot. They arouse the interest and excite the creation of all travel lovers, but, for one reason or another, they remain untouched. Fortunately, there are places with an equally interesting history that are accessible to everyone. It is about them that we will talk.
Aokigahara, Japan
Aokigahara is a forest located northwest of the foot of Mount Fujiyama on the Japanese island of Honshu. Locals call this place the “suicide forest”, as dozens of people take their own lives here every year. They say that compasses don’t work here, and ghosts roam at night.
Valley of Pitchers, Laos
The Valley of pitchers is located in the Lao province of Siang Khuang. There are giant jugs scattered everywhere, which, according to legend, belonged to giants. And scientists have not yet been able to find a logical explanation for the appearance of pitchers, because the weight of some pots exceeds 6 tons, and they reach up to 3 meters in height.
Golden Stone, Myanmar
The golden Stone is one of the main Buddhist shrines. This is a huge granite boulder 5.5 meters high and about 25 meters in girth, which has been miraculously balancing on the very edge of the Chaittiyo Cliff ledge for many years. According to legend, the Buddha gave one monk a lock of his hair, and in order not to lose it, he hid it under this very stone.
The Bermuda Triangle
This mysterious place is located in the Atlantic Ocean between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Over the past hundred years, more than 100 ships and aircraft have mysteriously disappeared here. Some say that storms and cyclones are to blame for everything, while others are convinced of the involvement of aliens or inhabitants of Atlantis.
Glastonbury Tower, United Kingdom
Glastonbury Tower is located in the English county of Somerset, at the top of a 145-meter hill, which is also called St. Michael’s Hill. Locals call the tower a portal to other worlds. It is also believed that King Arthur and his wife Guinevere are buried on this hill. But this is only a small part of the legends associated with this place.
Gaiola Islands, Italy
Off the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Bay of Naples there are two small picturesque islands, which are connected by a small bridge. One of the islands is uninhabited, and a villa has been built on the other. Now the villa is abandoned, but all its former owners either mysteriously died, or went crazy, or went to prison. Therefore, the islands are considered cursed.
Belitz-Heilstetten, Germany
Belitz-Heilstetten is an abandoned hospital complex that consists of more than 60 different buildings. Once there was a sanatorium, once a hospital for tuberculosis patients. After the Second World War, no one used the building, and now everyone is afraid of it. They say that strange sounds are heard here at night, and after a tour of the hospital, it seems as if energy is draining from the body.
Fly Geyser, USA
Surprisingly, this colorful “fountain” is not on Mars, not on Venus, and it is not even a figment of the imagination of a science fiction writer. Fly Geyser is a real place. It is located in the north-west of the American state of Nevada. Once upon a time, they tried to drill a well for a well here, but a geothermal valve was touched, as a result of which boiling water began to make its way out. Some people believe that if you wash your face with this water, life will become “bright and happy.”
Richat, Mauritania
This place is located in the west of the Sahara and is a geological formation consisting of many mysterious rings. Rishat is called the “eye of the Earth” and the “blue eye” of the desert. It is still not clear exactly how it appeared, but scientists are hypothesizing about the fall of a meteorite or a volcanic eruption.
Devil’s Tower, USA
The Devil’s Tower, or Devils Tower, is an unusually shaped mountain that is located in the territory of Wyoming. According to an old Indian legend, the rock was built by an evil demon. The unclean sat on the very top of it, beating a drum, thereby causing thunder and lightning. By the way, local residents often observed light phenomena at the top of the mysterious mountain.
Torah Well, USA
The funnel in the Cape Perpetua Strait is a place where even the most reckless divers do not dive. At high tide, an amazing natural phenomenon can be observed here: water first quickly fills the well, and then “shoots” up a six-meter fountain.
Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt
The largest Egyptian pyramid is located on the Giza plateau. Its height is 138.8 meters, the length of the base is 230 meters. It consists of 1.65 million limestone blocks, each of which weighs several tons! Despite the fact that archaeologists have already studied the pyramid inside and out, it is still not clear exactly how it was built.
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