Tourists are different. Some are drawn to admire paintings or the beauty of architecture, while others are looking for thrills. If you are one of the latter, then here are some places to visit which will definitely add to your adrenaline.
"Church of Ghosts" (Czech Republic)
The Church of St. Jiri was built in the Czech village of Lukov in 920 at the expense of a local prince. Several times the temple burned down from the fire, but each time it was rebuilt.
In 1968, a memorial service was held in the church for the deceased. And suddenly the ceiling collapsed on those present. After that, they started talking about the ghosts here. They no longer tried to restore the church, and it stood abandoned for many years.
In 2012, student Yakov Khadrava came up with the idea to arrange an art installation within the walls of an abandoned church building. He sat the plaster sculptures on benches and placed them in the aisles. Now it seems that the temple is filled with some kind of ghostly creatures … And it really became popular with tourists.
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Belchite village (Spain)
Once there was a bloody battle between the army of General Franco and the rebels. After that, the village was turned into ruins. They were not dismantled or restored, although a residential settlement was erected nearby. But tourists are interested in the ruins.
Oradour-sur-Glane (France)
In 1944, hundreds of the inhabitants of this occupied Norman village were executed by the Nazis. The rest managed to leave this place. After the war, Charles de Gaulle ordered to leave the village in an abandoned state - as a reminder of the atrocities of the occupiers. The place is quite popular with tourists.
The crash site of the Costa Concordia on the coast of Tuscany (Italy)
This cruise ship crashed on January 13, 2012. 32 people died, more than four thousand were evacuated. When the ship was raised, tourists came here to take pictures of the ship upside down. Subsequently, the remains of the liner were removed from the crash site.
Vrolik Museum at the University of Amsterdam (Holland)
This is the Dutch analogue of the St. Petersburg Kunstkamera. The exposition of the museum includes about 10 thousand samples of anatomical anomalies that are found in humans and animals.
Initially, it was a private collection, which began to collect in the 19th century, Professor Gerardas Vrolik. His father's business was then continued by his son William Vrolik, who, by the way, wrote a serious work on mutations in the organism, which played a significant role in the development of medicine. Guides who want to visit the museum, however, warn that the entrance here is not for the faint of heart.
Hiroshima (Japan)
We all know about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by American aircraft in 1945 since childhood. A memorial complex has been opened here today. Tourists are offered to let paper cranes into one of the reservoirs - in memory of the girl Sadako Sasaki, who suffered from radiation sickness.
Her best friend told her an old legend: a person who makes a thousand paper cranes can make a wish that will surely come true. Sadako hoped that if she completed this task, she would be able to recover. But, of course, the miracle did not happen, and the 12-year-old girl died before she could finish the next crane … In total, she managed to make 644 pieces. The rest were then completed by her friends. The girl was buried along with the cranes … A monument to Sadako Sasaki was erected in Hiroshima.
Fukushima (Japan)
After the accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear reactor on March 11, 2011, radiation was released, and an area within a radius of 30 kilometers around the reactor was empty. Now the government intends to turn this Japanese Chernobyl into a tourist excursion site, which would raise funds to clean up the contaminated area.
Amusement Park Okpo Land (South Korea)
After several fatal accidents that happened to visitors on the roller coaster, it was decided to close this entertainment center. Today only tourists visit it.
"The Caves of Horror" in Gomantong (Malaysia)
Hidden inside Mount Gomantong in Malaysia is an intricate cave system. If you get there, you will probably feel that you are in the very real hell. The ceilings here are covered with "decking" of thousands of bats, and the floors are covered with a "carpet" of rats, beetles, cockroaches and even snakes. Inside the caves, a thick ammonia "aroma" reigns: they say that the waste deposits of the "local inhabitants" stretch several meters deep.
Despite all this, there are tourists who want to visit here. For them, in the "caves of horror" special bridges have been laid along which you can safely pass without getting thrown into waste and without risking being bitten by anyone.
New Orleans (USA)
Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 turned many buildings in this southern American city into ruins. Entire neighborhoods were then depopulated. Today, on the empty streets of New Orleans, you can meet "black tourists" who are drawn to look at the consequences of the cataclysm.
Mummy Museum in Guanajuato (Mexico)
In the Mexican city of Guanajuato, you can admire a collection of 111 naturally mummified bodies. Where did they come from?
From 1833 to 1958, a special tax was levied on the relatives of the deceased so that the bodies of their loved ones could continue to be quietly in the graves. If the tax was not paid, the remains were dug up and placed in a common crypt. Since there is dry soil and air in these parts, the bodies did not decompose, but mummified. Nowadays, they thought of showing them to tourists.
Author: Irina Shlionskaya
