15. Pripyat Ukraine

Pripyat is a ghost town in northern Ukraine, near the Ukraine-Belarus border. Named after the nearbyPripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, as the ninth nuclear city (a type of closed city) in the Soviet Union, to serve the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979

20 Architectural Scariest Places In The World - Pripyat Ukraine

16. Sedlec Ossuary Kutná Hora Czech Republic

The Sedlec Ossuary (Czech: Kostnice v Sedlci) is a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in theCzech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people

20 Architectural Scariest Places In The World - Sedlec Ossuary Kutná Hora Czech Republic

17. Snake Island São Paolo Brazil

Ilha da Queimada Grande, also known as Snake Island, one of many Snake Islands around the world, is an island off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean. It is administered as part of the municipality of Peruíbe in the State of São Paulo.

20 Architectural Scariest Places In The World - Snake Island São Paolo Brazil

18. Veijo Rönkkönen Sculpture Garden Parikkala Finland

Discover Veijo Rönkkönen Sculpture Garden in ParikkalaFinland: Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

20 Architectural Scariest Places In The World - Veijo Rönkkönen Sculpture Garden Parikkala Finland

19. North Yungas Road, Bolivia

The North Yungas Road is a road leading from La Paz to Coroico, 56 kilometres northeast of La Paz in the Yungas region of Bolivia. In 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank named it as the “world’s most dangerous road”.

20. The Door to Hell Derweze Ahal Province Turkmenistan

The Darvaza gas crater known locally as the “Door to Hell” or ”Gates of Hell”, is a natural gas field inDerwezeTurkmenistan, that collapsed into an underground cavern, becoming a natural gas crater. Geologists set it on fire to prevent the spread of methane gas, and it has been burning continuously since 1971.

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