When booking a vacation, many people seek out fun and relaxing destinations. But for others, it’s all about the spook factor.
Many eerie sites have become popular tourist spots ― from hotels with grisly histories to abandoned ghost towns to chapels decorated with thousands of human bones.
In honor of Halloween season, we’ve rounded up 35 spooky travel destinations around the world.
1
The Stanley Hotel
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Bran Castle
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3
Sleepy Hollow
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4
Catacombs of Paris
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5
Lizzie Borden House
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6
The Island of Dolls
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7
The Gates of Hell
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The Ancient Ram Inn
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9
Museum of Death
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10
Loch Ness
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The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo
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12
Salem
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13
Dargavs
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The Siriraj Medical Museum
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Jerome Ghost Town
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16
The Sedlec Ossuary
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The Mutter Museum
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Banff Springs Hotel
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19
Guanajuato
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New Orleans
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Amityville Horror House
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22
Tower of London
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Nagoro Village
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Poe Cottage
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25
Dearly Departed Tours And Artifact Museum
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26
Whitby
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The Skull Chapel
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28
Gunkanjima
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Winchester Mystery House
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30
Derry
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31
The Capuchin Crypt
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Château de Machecoul
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Actun Tunichil Muknal
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34
Witch's Castle
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35
Craco
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