Be it to a foreign country on the other side of the world, or merely a town a few miles north or south of you, there is always a slightly uneasy feeling of being in a new place.
Sometimes, however, you don't only suffer from homesickness upon arriving, but find yourself genuinely scared.
Perhaps you don't find yourself particularly welcome by the residents, or there are no people to be seen for miles around.
Either way, there are places all over the world where not long after arriving, the only thing on the minds of visitors was to get out of there as fast as they could.
Redditor 8-tentacles was curious to learn the places fellow Reddit users would never set foot in again under any circumstances, leading them to ask:
"What’s the scariest town/city you’ve been to, and why?"
Gabbs, Nevada.
"I ended up driving through this tiny town in the middle of Nevada that I assume used to be a mining town."
"It looked like a steady paycheck hadn't been seen in this town for 20 years, the houses were all dilapidated, and the locals looked just as worn out."
"Bullet holes and burn marks could be seen on pretty much every building."
"The only reason I drove through the town instead of just sticking to the main road was to top up on gas, but I couldn't find anything, not even a small convenience store."
"It must've been hell for those folks considering the closest town with an actual store and gas was around 70 miles away."
"I took a look via Google Earth, at some of the towns people mentioned and I found it!"
"Gabbs, NV."
'Definitely not a place I'd want to go back to."- Arcinbiblo12
Harvey, Illinois
"Everyone talks about Gary, IN, but there is a town over the border in Illinois called Harvey, IL."
"I can't put my finger on exactly what makes it worse, but being there felt like I was on the moon."- theredditforwork
El Alto, Bolivia
"El Alto Bolivia."
"This was 15 years ago at least."
"It's above the habitable zone, and locals were openly fighting in the streets."
"Good times."-ooo-ooo-oooyea
Somewhere in New Mexico...
"I stopped at some gas station out in the middle of where-the-f*ck, New Mexico, only to pee."
"Parking lot not even completely paved.'
"My SO stayed behind in the car, and our son, so I have no corroborating witnesses, but this was the weirdest f*cking place of business I ever stepped into."
"Some David Lynch level sh*t."
"First of all, this place was huge for no obvious reason."
"As far as I know, there wasn't a town nearby."
"I mean, it was isolated out in the desert."
"When I entered, there was a store in there, like a convenience store."
"I passed through that, and entered a hallway."
"There was a restaurant in there, completely empty."
"I follow the signs to the restroom, and go down this hall."
"It already feels a little creepy to me, and horrifyingly enough, I am navigating to the bathroom by the sound of someone who seems to be puking violently far off down the corridor."
"I could hear this sound echoing down this crazy hallway."
"The hallway has a bend in it, and I'm starting to wonder how f*cking big is this place?"
"I turn the corner, and there is one of those claw grabby machines where you try to pick up stuffed animals and other cheap sh*t, standing in the hall."
"A group of young boys are there, crowded around the machine."
"When I come around the corner, they all look up at me wordlessly, with no trace of joy or excitement or pleasure."
"They just play the game with inscrutable faces, silently, like cats surrounding a mouse."
"The hall continues, and so do I."
"Another corner."
"Where the g*ddamned f*ck is the toilet.'
"This hallway is disturbingly long and I've been driving for two and a half days."
"I like my bathrooms simple and direct."
"This does not seem to be either of those things."
"I finally locate the can way the hell down there around another unnecessary corner, and upon entering, I can no longer hear whoever was retching and choking."
"It is now silent, but for the stench so bad it was nearly foggy in there."
"Somebody's feet under the sh*tter door."
"I pee."
"I get out quick."
"Walk past those seemingly soulless and bored boys."
" Why the hell is this hallway even here?"
"There are no doors, no other businesses, these kids are creeping me out in the sinister way they stare blankly at me as I pass."
"I am at a loss to even explain why those kids are here, this place is isolated AF, the hall has too many dark corners and bends in it with no apparent logic."
"It feels like an anxiety dream, it feels like reality itself is being manipulated like the little crane arm claw the one boy is guiding."
"It feels like I want to get out of here, get back outside, get in the car and put this whole place in my rearview mirror."
"So I do."
"I get in the car."
"'Do you feel better now?'"
"'No. Actually I don't'."
"'You shoulda seen this place'."- Alternative-Amoeba20
Johannesburg
"Johannesburg, I grew up in a pretty rough city and would say it doesn’t compare to there, you can feel how tense the air is and you really need to pay attention to everything at all times."- Much_Committee_9355
Gary, Indiana
"Gary, Indiana."
"No, it's not a story of how dangerous it is, or how cops tell you to run red lights ."
"That happens, but it's mostly myths that get perpetuated by people who never visited."
"Gary is just desolate."
"It's almost post apocalyptic."
"Nature has overtaken many areas, and many of the 'vacant' houses you see are actually lived in by homeless people."
"What makes it scary isn't that it has dangerous people, it's that it can be incredibly quiet for a populous city."
"The few times I've had to go through Gary or IN Gary for something, I've always seen something that has frightened me."
"Like people staring at me through half boarded windows, people crawling out of bushes to ask for money, or people just straight up walking in front of your car trying to get you to slow down or stop."
"It's one of the few places in America that actually feels heavy to be in."
"I swear TV shows and movies are missing out on some of the easiest post apocalyptic scenery that they have ever had."- NewAccount971
Decatur, Illinois
"Decatur Illinois."
"My mom and most of her family is from there and the town is just so damn sketchy."
"People being shot the next street over seems like a daily thing."
"My crazy Great Grandma lived in a 4 story house by herself , house had been in the family for a while, and she never locked the doors, just slept with a 9mm next to her bed."- SidtheGoat87
Times Square
"I was In NYC in I believe 2016-2017."
"So imagine a teenager that looks younger than they are, that's me."
"Me and my family were going to see something on Broadway."
"We were walking to the back of the line thingy."
I lost my group and this Women comes up to me and said 'little girl come with me, I have a daughter and you will have a sister" or something along those lines."
"I was in tears and was looking for my group this lady following me."
"I did find them in the end."
"I was only missing for two minutes and in that time a stranger tried to convince me to go with her."- weebthatlikeshorrer
Port Costa, CA
"Port Costa, CA."
"A hidden gem in the Bay Area, right above Crockett."
"After a long, winding road up a mountain you are first greeted with an abandoned schoolhouse."
"At the end of this tiny town is a Hotel, notoriously haunted, and a bar called the Warehouse, has a taxidermy polar bear inside."
"I unfortunately know of multiple suicides above the bar, very eerie vibes."- ExpensiveContact
Mattapan, Massachusetts
"Mattapan, MA, is nicknamed murderPan…"
"I’ve felt safer in the slums of Boston and providence on 911 calls."- CorgiTacos31
Manchester, England
The scariest place I have been to is well I’m originally from Manchester."
"I was living on a council estate at the time when I was in primary school, I am now a year nine student in High School, and I vividly remember two things that happened there."
"One of them was a car crash, however it wasn’t that bad."
"I remember there being a drug dealer that’s parked horribly into two cars causing a few dents in both of them and a few scratches."
"The drug dealer then tried to get out the car as quick as he can and accidentally spilled all the weed out of his stash."
"Another one, I think was a murder."
"There wasn’t anything graphic, like stabbings and shit like that, but apparently some dude at the end of the road got poisoned and he just died."
"There was a police investigation for I think a week."
"There was more events but they are the only two I remember."
"This was the main cause of why I moved up to a different part of the United Kingdom and it is way better than Manchester."- Pissoffj0hnathan
Morayfield, Australia
"Australia, Morayfield Graham road."
"I never want to talk about that place ever again."
"I lived in the house '158 on Graham Road Morayfield' 4 years ago."
"Place literally f*cked me up."
"If you look at the place on Google maps, It just looks like your average street, but I lived in that house for 6 years."
"The first experience I had was a couple months after I gave birth to my second-youngest child."
"I was laying in bed, my husband was asleep next to me and I was scrolling through Facebook."
"Keep in mind that it was pitch black but my phone light slightly lit the room."
"It was probably somewhere around midnight."
"I was near the edge of my bed laying sideways facing opposite my husband and I remember very vividly I was half-way through writing a comment on a Facebook post but a f*cking dog-like creature, bright green eyes pop it's head up just slightly enough to see the eyes."
"It's skin was dark, but light enough to see it's outline."
"It was more like a small human on all fours."
" But I was laying down as I saw this thing crawl closer and eventually stop right next to the bed, the side I was laying on, and then I see the long a** claw-like fingers reach on to my bed and made its way up to my face."
"I was practically frozen in fear just watching it."
"This creature's hand was right about to grab my face, but then of course that's when I snapped and screamed like a fucking crack-head."
"I remember pushing myself up against my husbands back still screaming like crazy until my husband woke up and turned on the lights."
"I told him everything."
"I stayed up the rest of that night hyperventilating."
"My husband tried to convince me that it was a dream but when I grabbed my phone again It was still half-way through writing that comment."
"But then of course those other little things happen like my oldest daughter complains that my son wakes up in her bed every morning, and I just learnt a couple weeks ago that the reason my son would wake up In her bed, was because 'a man' would stand in the corner of his room."
"My son also told me he would see hands reach around the corners of the house."
"We also had this mannequin because I thought it was funny to dress up a mannequin in my husbands clothes and we named it 'Joe'."
"My son came to my crying one night saying that he went to go to the toilet but once he left his room he saw the mannequin walk around the f*cking house."
"I was the only one that believed him, and I came up with the excuse that there was mould growing on Joe so we had to dispose of him."
" There would also be footsteps walking down the hallways at night."
"My sister and her husband once came around to stay the night but they left around 2am because they complained that there were red eyes staring at them."
"They never came back."
"It was also pretty common in that house to see figures standing behind you every time the TV switched to a dark screen."
"I would also hear tapping and giggling from outside my window."
"That house f*cked me up."
"Now we live EXTREMELY far away from Morayfield as much as possible."
"What's weird is that the paranormal activity only started a couple years after living there."
"I still hyperventilate or breakdown after memories of that f*cking place."- 1z0f4_
"But I was laying down as I saw this thing crawl closer and eventually stop right next to the bed, the side I was laying on, and then I see the long a** claw-like fingers reach on to my bed and made its way up to my face."
"I was practically frozen in fear just watching it."
"This creature's hand was right about to grab my face, but then of course that's when I snapped and screamed like a fucking crack-head."
"I remember pushing myself up against my husbands back still screaming like crazy until my husband woke up and turned on the lights."
"I told him everything."
"I stayed up the rest of that night hyperventilating."
"My husband tried to convince me that it was a dream but when I grabbed my phone again It was still half-way through writing that comment."
"But then of course those other little things happen like my oldest daughter complains that my son wakes up in her bed every morning, and I just learnt a couple weeks ago that the reason my son would wake up In her bed, was because 'a man' would stand in the corner of his room."
"My son also told me he would see hands reach around the corners of the house."
"We also had this mannequin because I thought it was funny to dress up a mannequin in my husbands clothes and we named it 'Joe'."
"My son came to my crying one night saying that he went to go to the toilet but once he left his room he saw the mannequin walk around the f*cking house."
"I was the only one that believed him, and I came up with the excuse that there was mould growing on Joe so we had to dispose of him."
" There would also be footsteps walking down the hallways at night."
"My sister and her husband once came around to stay the night but they left around 2am because they complained that there were red eyes staring at them."
"They never came back."
"It was also pretty common in that house to see figures standing behind you every time the TV switched to a dark screen."
"I would also hear tapping and giggling from outside my window."
"That house f*cked me up."
"Now we live EXTREMELY far away from Morayfield as much as possible."
"What's weird is that the paranormal activity only started a couple years after living there."
"I still hyperventilate or breakdown after memories of that f*cking place."- 1z0f4_
Greenville, North Carolina
"My home town."
"Greenville NC."
"The amount of people this town messed up is insane."
"I love my town but drugs have taken so many of my friends it’s really sad."- Kwilburn525
Yangon, Myanmar
"Yangon, Myanmar."
"A little before the revolution."
"A very impoverished and isolated country."
"The streets are very dimly lit at night with old yellow incandescent bulbs, people lurking in the shadows."
"I stood out."
"Lots of people I talked to quietly expressed heavy dissent about the military junta that was in power."
"Felt like a powder keg."
"Kept my head on a swivel."- FoxMcCloud333
It's sad to hear about these places, and the hard times they've fallen under.
One hopes they might find a way to bounce back one day, and make people excited to visit, rather than avoid them at all costs.
Not every city or town is as thriving as other. Either poor city planning, the natural habitat isn't the most livable, or it just seems straight up sketchy.
Whatever the case may be, no one seems to have gone to these place on purpose, it just kind of happened.
We went to Ask Reddit to hear about the worst places people have ever been.
Redditor upmed2006 asked:
"What is the sh*ttiest place you've visited?"
You have hold off on adding these to your bucket list.
The Salton Sea.
"The Salton Sea made me sad."
"There was so much hope around this place. Now if you visit: it's a very poor town, the sand sucks your shoes off and smells awful, and the stench of dead fish permeates the air."
"Now their only bar presents as a David Lynch nightmare if you go."
"Salton Sea is amazing - it's the closest I've ever seen to a post-apocalyptic wasteland. And due to the fact that most of the rotting abandoned buildings are from the 1960s, it's eerily similar to a Fallout game."
"This documentary can save you a trip there, but it doesn't quite capture the feeling of driving through a rotting ghost town in 115F heat, completely empty except for a couple of meth heads staring at you from under an awning."
- Porrick
"I've been kinda fascinated with this place since driving through when I was road tripping in college. Apparently it was created by accident."
"At one time it had thriving game fishery of landlocked saltwater fish, as well as all kinds of marine invertebrates and stuff that hitched a ride in people's bilge water and the bottom of boats. All in the middle of what used to be desert, far from the sea, all the salt having come from salt still left In the soil from ancient times mixed with freshwater from the Colorado River. All slowly dying as they let it dry up and return to desert. (hence the smell, as the tilapia, which are the most salt tolerant, die off). I'm def going to check out that documentary. Thanks!"
"Actually took a boat out there some 40+ years ago. Wasn't much better then. The stench. Dead palm trees half rotted up the trunks stuck in the middle of that disgusting oily looking water."
"My SIL fell in the nasty water by accident. Was wearing a lot of silver jewelry (was the style). Not in the muck more than 5 minutes tops, all her jewelry turned coal black. Didn't stay long after."
"Why we even went is a mystery to this day."
Corporate office in decline.
"Ever been into an office building where maintenance quit and the real estate company hasn't hired replacements in six months? Every broad office floor of cubicles looks like it's in a zombie movie."
"Half of the fluorescent tube lights are dead or flickering from a bad ballast. Some places the air is a bit too cold and dry, while in others its too hot and humid. Enough to make you think there might be mold growing on the walls. It's like a massive fat bloated man was breathing his stinking breath on your neck."
"Oh and the bathrooms. Ohhhhh the bathrooms. I'm not even going to describe that. I'd rather not revisit the memory."
"The breakroom sinks weren't bad though. But then, people are more likely to take care of things they actually have to use. It's not as 'fire and forget' as a men's room. Except for the one breakroom where I felt someone mixed up the two types of rooms and figured 'a drain is a drain'."
"A corporation in the final stages of decline is a sad creature."
"I've always said that the most important person in any office building is the janitor."
"In any business large enough to employ full time janitorial/maintenance people they are what keeps the company from falling apart. I always treat them with more respect than I do my bosses and try to get on their good side."
"When I was a teenager my dad the head of a maintenance department for a business that owned a skyscraper in our city. He and two other maintenance men took care of light bulbs, decorating for holidays and shoveling snow and salting sidewalks. The biggest thing they did all day though was adjust the air conditioning and heat for the 300-400 middle aged female employees most of whom were going through 'the change.'"
"Those ladies knew what a pain it was and would do things like buy the guys lunch a couple of times a week and bake them cookies or make them fudge. The coolest was that the company gave my dad and his maintenance men first dips on concert, musical, Disney on Ice and other kid shows and sports tickets that they didn't use for clients. Saw a lot of concerts and hockey games as a teen for free thanks to dad's job."
Every horror movie wrapped in one.
"Zinc, Arkansas."
"It felt like I stumbled into the movie set for House of Wax, Children of the Corn and Deliverance all in one place. They had a hair salon/mechanic/courthouse/ jail all in one building. The judge's wife was the hair stylist, the judge was also the mechanic and the sheriff was his son."
"Lived in Arkansas my whole life and never heard of Zinc, must be reaaally tiny. We do have Snow, Toad Suck, and Booger Hollow, Arkansas too."
"Others have pointed out some other good ones: Smackover, Bald Knob, Weiner, Flippin, Possom Grape, Blue Ball and Goobertown are some of the others. Yes real communities/towns in Arkansas."
"Population around 100 per Google. Also first thing that pops up is an article where the residents disclaim any association with the KKK and share their town's 'true history.' Sounds like a terrifying place."
"All the references to the KKK is because some klan member hails from Zinc."
"Per Wikipedia, 'A chapter of the Ku Klux Klan operates a training and information center in Zinc.'"
"For me it is Hope, Arkansas. I was a kid and my family stayed the night at the Holiday Inn on our way to somewhere else. When we checked in they gave us a complimentary fly swatter."
"I had to stop over night in Hope moving from Michigan to Texas. All I wanted was a beer after a miserable 14 hour drive in a U-Haul. Went to a Mexican restaurant and asked the server what was on draft. 'Dry County' he said. 'Is that like an IPA?' I asked. He looked confused, I sure as f*ck was confused until I figured out what the real meaning was. I had never heard of a dry county before and I was legit offended."
- Dasfxx
Roads to nothing but sand.
"Duqm, Oman. Two hotels, a pizza hut, and a DFC (Duqm Fried Chicken). Also can't forget the hundreds of miles of new roads that led to... more sand and dirt."
"Sh*t was built like the first five minutes of a Sim City 2000 game."
"Back in the day Duqm had the only decent internet connection within a 500 km radius, so at least had that going for it. Also an hour drive from Khaluf and Ras Madrakah, some of the most gorgeous stretches of coast in the country. But yeah, the whole concept of Duqm is as if an urban planner jotted down some notes on a napkin whilst high"
"I just went there on Google Earth. It looks like they planned to build a major port and a city to serve it, but then gave up."
- mdp300
Ugliest place.
"I was helping friends move across the country and I called my husband one night when we stopped. He said, 'Where have you gotten to?' and I said, 'I don't know but it's the ugliest place I've ever seen in my life,' and he said, 'Oh, you've gotten to Midland Odessa,' and he was correct."
"I have seen a lot of the world and Midland Odessa, Texas, is by far the most terrible place I've ever looked at."
"I just popped in on google maps and I can confirm. Two things that struck me:"
- "The parking lot to building ratio is way too high. Lots of asphalt."
- "I went to downtown Midland, and it looks like it was built by someone who had only seen pictures of cities. Like there are just a bunch of office buildings plopped down and no other businesses."
Armpit of America.
"Gary, Indiana. Apologies to those who live there, but it's kinda like the armpit of America. It reeks of a town that was once a cool place to be but has just been left to the wayside."
"Came here to add Gary, Indiana. It's like New Jersey was concentrated, dipped in Detroit, and shat out the worst part of Chicago."
"I've got family in South Bend, the joke is depending on which direction the wind is blowing you can smell Gary in either South Bend or Chicago. Truly is a sh*thole."
If you're taking a trip anytime soon, you might want to avoid these place.
Or maybe check them out and see just how terrible they really are.
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When we are overwhelmed with many trials and tribulations in this crazy world, we want to escape reality.
With plenty of options to distract us, you would think we can tune out the world around us by immersing ourselves in virtual worlds like video games.
Or those who prefer a more sedentary escape can watch a movie based on fantastical places for their mental escape.
But not all fictional universes are enticing. Some worlds are downright terrifying and nightmarish that make us grateful about our champagne problems back on earth.
Curious to hear about hellish landscapes we should be grateful are not real, Redditor monarchmondays asked:
"Which fictional universe would actually be awful to live in?"
Gamers can take out their aggression by blowing things up. Yeah, don't wanna live there.
Hellhole
"Warhammer 40K wins by a mile."
"The vast majority of the universe is a complete hellhole. Even the 'normal' human worlds are depressing, polluted, slave driving, disease riddled, etc."
"There is only war."
"Obligatory RIP my inbox. Video link for those poor souls who aren't familiar with the universe:"
Grand Theft Auto
"The world of GTA would be terrible to live in. You'll have to live in constant fear of the maniacal psychopath who may or may not shoot you, run over you, or just straight up assault you."
Sugar Rush
"Candyland, the only thing to eat is candy and you would eventually be too fat unless you worked out constantly. And I assume there would be no actual water there either."
Most people enjoy superhero movies, but that doesn't mean we want to visit the places where the battles take place.
Sci-Fi Madness
"The Power Ranger Universe. Having a normal day and suddenly you're trapped in a giant pizza by a monster, then a bunch of spandex clad teenagers shoot lasers and a giant robot shows up that wrecks the entire downtown for the third time this month."
"Really any world with super hero(s). The everyday lives of the average joe is dependent on a few powerful beings and there's probably constant violence."
Scary Society
"The best thing say Superman could do for humanity is probably run on an enormous generator to meet the world's power needs and avoid f'king up the environment."
"In all seriousness though no sane society would allow an exclusive caste of magical beings to serve as judge, jury, and executioner. You can bet that whatever country can capture them first is going to get busy with a Manhattan project to understand and reproduce those phenomena and rightly so!"
Elements of some worlds depicted on TV and film are not that far off from reality – except the one inhabited by hungry, carnivorous naked giants.
Scary Anime
"Attack on Titan, most definitely. The war, the forced amnesia, constantly being at risk of being eaten by giant naked people, no thank you."
A Quiet Place
"Yeah the frustration and fear of it always being on my mind would be so intense I don't know if it would be worth being alive."
Encouraging Rape
"I'm gonna say the Handmaid's Tale. That country spent all their resources and time creating extensively branded torture infrastructure and getting nothing else done."
I love gigantic apes and lizard monsters, but they can most definitely stay on the screen.
When I saw Kong: Skull Island, I was terrified of imagining myself in that fantastical yet violent world.
Remember that dude who was SKEWERED by what he initially thought was an innocuous bamboo?
No, sir, that was a leg of a towering arachnid the poor guy was bamboozled into thinking was something else.
Fooled him once, and now he can rest in peace.
Yeah, I'm not mad about Skull Island being left out on my bucket list of places to live, let alone visit.
I loved working on cruise ships because it allowed me to travel extensively to locations I would never get to if it weren't for the job.
If I had to choose my favorite destination, I would go with Santorini. The rugged topography shaped by a major volcanic eruption during the 16th century BC lends itself to an otherworldly sight.
I remember riding a mule to the top of the underwater caldera and taking in the majestic view of the Aegean Sea and rendering me speechless.
When Redditor throwawaycrossstitch asked, "Hands down, what's the most beautiful place on Earth that you've ever been to? What made it so?", Redditors responded with some of their favorite locales that will make you want to pack your bags.
Ready for a virtual trip? Let's go!
The Hike
"I have never been outside of Europe, I'm Danish and grew up in the middle class so we only ever went on small European travels for a week or so every 2-3 years."
"A few years ago my father, stepmom, my two sisters and I were in Crete and my father decided to rent a car and go through a valley up a mountain to this small village that was surrounded by nothing but high hills and mountainsides. The village itself was beautiful in its culture and atmosphere of hospitality, even though there were a few gift shops, which kind of brought a touristy feel to an otherwise peaceful and 'out of reach' place."
"The real beauty was on the way back, when we stopped to take a hike down through a forest. It was the most beautiful walk I have ever been on, we walked on small stone paths laid by mountainside civilization more than 200 years prior, ate figs off a naturally growing fig tree and saw an old abandoned stone house. It was beautiful, and I took some nice pictures of my family to preserve the memories."
"The only other place I can think of that comes close is probably the old war tracks outside of Rome we walked by, back when I was on my high school study trip. The cobblestones laid on the road by ancient romans leading to small towns with wine cellars and a whole lot of culture."
– Nebsedyr
Kauai
"We have stayed on Big Island twice. In February, around my birthday, we flew over to Kauai for a day. It's exactly what I have always pictured when I hear "Hawaii". When we go back, we are staying there. Napali coast is on the list!"
Bench-side Hospitality
"Innsbruck Austria. You see that bench over there? I passed out on the son of a b*tch after a night of partying in germany at a concert. Someone woke me up with breakfast, an espresso and this drink thats like gatorade. Spent that day recovering in Venice."
Eighth Wonder Of The World
"Milford Sound in the south island of New Zealand."
"Writer Rudyard Kipling once described it as, 'the eighth Wonder of the World'; and, after visiting it this year, I am in full agreement."
Vast Beauty
"For me it would be the Namib Desert."
"Maybe for most people it would seem a strange choice, but there is this haunting beauty of endless acres of shifting sands and emptiness contrasted against the wide sky. You feel like you are the only person on earth. And then you begin to notice that it isn't empty. There are signs of life here and there. Hardy and resilient. Traces of animals and insects passing by. Relics of humanity in ruins, abandoned buildings, vehicles, and ones far older, in carvings and designs on the rocks themselves. And then you get to the coast, and this mass of rock and sand crashes against the Atlantic, empty, as far as the eye can see."
"Its an experience and feeling that is hard to describe in words, but will stick with you always."
"A close second would be the Mountains ranges of the Himalayas, Hindu-Kush, Karakoram."
– badcgi
Otherworldly Views
"Iceland, without a doubt. The waterfalls are stunning, the people are friendly, and the views, oh the views are from different world."
Norway Is Unreal
"I was backpacking in Norway once and made it up to the Lofoten Islands. It's far enough north that you can experience the northern lights or the midnight sun - I got the latter bc I was there in May. Think light turquoise waters, cotton candy-colored skies, and incredible views anywhere you went. I hiked to the overlook of Reinebringen (look it up, seriously) at 3 am and watched a storm roll in."
"Idk man, the whole place looked unreal. The colors, the gnarly, massive, terrifying fjords. Go to Norway y'all."
Goosebumps From The Alps
"Swiss alps and specifically the Jungfrau region. I've been there multiple times now and it still gives me goosebumps."
Starry Skies
"The Grand Canyon, at night, looking up at the stars. It appears infinite, and is incredibly humbling. Hands down is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."
When In Montana
"Glacier National Park, Montana, US. You drive up into the mountains and then no matter which direction you hike you are surrounded by stunning, snow-capped mountains (even in August), crystal-clear lakes, tiny waterfalls coming down the mountains, and wide fields of wildflowers."
A Gem In Japan
"When I visited Kyoto a few years back, my friend and I visited the Okochi Sanso Gardens. At a certain point, you can see these lush mountains, my friend and I stood in silence for a few minutes. The view and sounds of nature really made me so emotional."
You hear rumors, watch shows, and can read all about the scariest places on earth. These locations you might have only imagined they would film horror movies at to get that realistic feel. Fortunately, you don't have to wonder if it's possible to survive. People have been there for realsies and they can all agree it's just as awful as you'd imagine.
Reddit user, u/Pliny_the_Elderberry, wanted to hear about what it was like in the creepiest spots on Earth when they asked: