Random Creepiest Natural Wonders You Can Actually Visit (14 items)

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  (#7) Bermuda Triangle

  • Atlantic Ocean

  The Bermuda Triangle may not exactly be a tourist destination, since it covers about 500,000 square miles and has a rather iffy reputation, but the amount of strange things which have occurred there, many of which have little to no explanation, easily make this geographical location one of the strangest on Earth. Although there have been efforts in the 21st century to debunk the legends surrounding the Triangle, stories of planes going missing, of ships going off course, and other bizarre occurrences have left this stretch of open water with a creepy reputation it probably won't ever get rid of. Even Christopher Columbus, during his first journey to the New World, "reported that a great flame of fire (probably a meteor) crashed into the sea one night and that a strange light appeared in the distance a few weeks later. He also wrote about erratic compass readings, perhaps because at that time a sliver of the Bermuda Triangle was one of the few places on Earth where true north and magnetic north lined up."

   
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  (#14) The Shifting Racetrack Playa of Death Valley

  The massively dehydrated lake-bed that is Racetrack Playa, is located deep in Death Valley. Massive rocks that scatter the hardened Earth move across the bed, leaving a streak of chiseled ground in their wake. Although researchers have discovered that this is due to a shifting lake underneath the rock-hard crust, paranormal skeptics believe that this is the work of alien forces.
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  (#2) The Screaming Dering Woods Of The UK

  This woodland stretch of Kent, located in South East England between the quaint villages of Smarden and Pluckley, is known to be the most haunted woods in the UK. Stories of horrifying tales and paranormal activities surround the harrowing folds of Dering Woods, including kidnappings, massacres, and cults.

  It has earned the nickname of the "Screaming Woods" from these stories, as shrieks and dark shadows are said to emerge from the foliage.
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  (#4) Hoia Baciu Forest In Transylvania

  The fact that it's located within Transylvania – which most outsiders like to think of as a Dracula theme park – automatically gives Hoia Forest a mysterious air that is alluring to ghoulish thrill seekers. But there's more than just a vampire legend hanging over this forest; over the years both strange disappearances and sightings have been recorded in the area, from a shepherd going missing with his flock of 200 sheep, to a military technician claiming to have seen a UFO in 1968, despite the fact that to do so was career suicide under Communist rule. With oddly shaped trees, reports of gripping fear and nausea, and people literally trying to find the entrance to another dimension within the forest, Hoia Forest seems to have something for everyone.
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  (#9) The Death Zone Of Mount Everest

  When climbing the towering heights of Mount Everest, there comes a point where oxygen becomes scarce and it is impossible to breathe. It's literally referred to as the "Death Zone," and many-a-hiker who has ventured there unprepared has not returned with a story to tell.

  Retrieving the bodies that have been lost up in the altitudes of Everest takes great effort and puts more people at risk of death, so once a body is lost up there, it will most likely remain.
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  (#13) Ethiopian Danakil Depression Zone

  Getting basically no rain during the year, the desolate wasteland of the Danakil Depression is one of the hottest places on Earth, and it lies 410 feet below sea level on the dry and unforgiving planes of Ethiopia.

  When it does rain, the heat quickly absorbs what little water there is, leaving the flooring of the Danakil Depression cracked and sunbaked. Active volcanoes give life to full-fledged lava lakes, huge salt pans, and colorful, alien-looking hydrothermal fields that span across the Depression.

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