25. Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia
Port Arthur, on the Australian island state of Tasmania, has an incredibly dark and storied history. The site of Australia’s largest penal colony in the 18th and 19th centuries, with up to 14,000 convicts passing through or living there, it has a tragic recent history too, with the country’s biggest mass shooting taking place at Port Arthur in 1996. Nowadays it’s a popular historic attraction, including the eerie ‘Isle of the Dead’, where more than 1,000 convicts and their families lie buried.
24. Felicitas Slate Mine, Germany
It doesn’t get much creepier than an abandoned mine – particularly one that’s completely underwater. Located 96 miles east of Dusseldorf, Germany is the Felicitas Slate Mine, opened in 1886 but shut down and purposely flooded in 1997. Since then it’s been abandoned but is popular with divers in search of an eerie experience – with old machinery, discarded cables and even a small chapel still visible under the water in the darkness. Understandably, exploring the area is reserved for divers with a cave or mine certification, but tours run year-round.
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