Writer and paranormal researcher Jeff Belange has compiled a list of the ten most mystical, from his point of view, tourist routes in the United States
Topping the list is the Gifford Pinchot National Park (Skamania County, Washington). According to eyewitnesses, they often heard strange sounds there, and also saw animals, the existence of which even the Discovery Channel does not know.
The next route on the list was the Witch House in Salem, Massachusetts. In the 17th century, the city gained wide popularity due to several high-profile trials of women accused of witchcraft. Since then, witchcraft entourage has been an integral part of city life: a witch riding a broomstick has become the emblem of the police transport department, and in numerous shops you can buy magic potions, potions and magic crystals. Also, tourists can use the services of local witchcraft.
The third mysterious route connects the American states of New York and Vermont, as well as the Canadian province of Quebec. Lake Champlain, the shores of which they surround, may well have harbored a plesiosaur or other giant monster. Anyway, the locals have already named their pet dinosaur Boy.
At number four on Belange's list is the Queen Mary cruise ship docked in the bay of California's Long Beach. During World War II, the ship carried prisoners of war. And many of them died from dehydration or committed suicide. The accidents continued on Queen Mary in peacetime. Since then, many believe that many ghosts live on the ship. The engine room, second class deck and swimming pool are considered to be the most ghostly areas.
The "Pirate House" in Savannah, Georgia, also attracts many tourists. Ghost hunters can have a glass of rum and a hearty snack at the tavern built in 1753. Many pirate legends are associated with this building. The most popular of them is about a drunken pirate who died right in a tavern, ordering a drink until his last breath.
The sixth route leads to Roswell, New Mexico. Ever since an unidentified flying object fell here in July 1947, the debate between paranormal adepts and skeptics about "what was it - a meteorological balloon or part of a flying saucer" has been getting hotter. On the basis of this story, even a whole conspiracy theory was developed, and Roswell became a place of pilgrimage for amateur ufologists.
In seventh place on the list of mystical routes is the White House, Washington, DC. It is said to be literally crawling with ghosts. The most active of them are the ghosts of Abraham Lincoln in the presidential bedroom on the second floor of the building, an English soldier in the North Gallery and First Lady Abigail Adams in the East room.
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Eighth place is taken by Hockcomock Swamp and Freetown Forest in the Bridgewater Triangle, Massachusetts. The cities that form the triangle - Abington, Rehoboth and Freetown - have the highest concentration of the paranormal. Locals often see ghosts here, bright flashes in the sky and UFOs.
In ninth place is the St. Louis Cemetery in New Orleans. To see the most real ghost, it is enough to leave, for example, Marie Laveau on the grave a good cigar and a glass of white rum, and the ghost will come out on his own for an offering. Also interesting in terms of ghost hunting are the Ashley House, which housed a hospital during the Civil War, and the Beauregard-Keyes House, a museum of Confederate General of the Army Pierre Beauregard.
Finally, the last place on the list is occupied by agricultural fields in eastern Nebraska, writes USA Today. It was there, in 1990, that the mysterious circles, sung later by Hollywood, first appeared. The mystics believe that the wheat was crushed by a flying saucer. Realists argue that circles continue to appear at the behest of pranksters who have plenty of free time.