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Outside of the jail seen from the courtyard

Temecula, California

Historic Jail

The “jail” hidden away in Old Town Temecula that was never actually a jail.

Sefrou

Sefrou, Morocco

Sefrou

Often referred to as one of the most haunted places in Morocco.

Altit Fort

Altit, Pakistan

Altit Fort

The history of the oldest fort in Baltistan is steeped in familial rivalry and gruesome deaths.

Old Clay County Jail

Green Cove Springs, Florida

Old Clay County Jail

The second oldest jail in Florida gives insight into the realities of the criminal justice system at the turn of the 20th century.

The former Ichijo Modoribashi Bridge.

Kyoto, Japan

Ichijo Modoribashi Bridge

The “bridge of return” is haunted by a myriad of legends, from ghosts to demons to nuptial superstitions.

Mountfitchet Castle walls and siege tower

Stansted, England

Mountfitchet Castle

This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.

Beech trees in Gespensterwald

Nienhagen, Germany

Gespensterwald (Ghost Forest)

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

Coral Cut looking west

Palm Beach, Florida

Coral Cut

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

Misnébalam

Misnébalam, Mexico

Misnébalam

According to legend, this hacienda was abandoned because of a curse.

Parkland Walk

London, England

Parkland Walk

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

Hippie Tree

Traverse City, Michigan

The Hippie Tree

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

Trees in Dering wood

Pluckley, England

Dering Wood

A woodland close to England's "most haunted village" has been the site of many unexplained events and deaths.

Dancing Forest

Rybachiy, Russia

Dancing Forest

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

The piece bears some resemblance to designs of eastern European origin.

Maidstone, England

The Lady in the Woods

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

Šalinac Grove.

Šalinac, Serbia

Šalinac Grove

An eerie, protected forest of old-growth oak trees, many of which are now dead.

The Ghost Forest in 1997

Copalis Crossing, Washington

Ghost Forest of Copalis

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

Hoia-Baciu.

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Hoia-Baciu Forest

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Pokaini Forest.

Naudītes Pagasts, Latvia

Pokaini Forest

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

Aldridge Sawmill.

Zavalla, Texas

Aldridge Sawmill

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

Jinde as of January 2024.

Kamakura, Japan

Jinde

A mysterious, perhaps haunted plot of land, untouched by modern development.

Dunlough Castle

Lisnagrave, Ireland

Dunlough Castle

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.

The sign welcoming visitors to the Copper Queen Hotel.

Bisbee, Arizona

Copper Queen Hotel

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

Staircase and entry to the haunted Governor's Bathroom.

Ararat, Australia

J Ward Museum

Now a museum, this was once a prison facility and a hospital for the “criminally insane.”

Building near the railway

Ludlow, California

Ludlow

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

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