1. The Island Of Dolls a.k.a. "La Isla De
La Menucas"
If you visit Xochimilco, just south of Mexico
City, you'll find Isla de las
Munecas a.k.a. "The Island of the Dolls." Don Julian
Santana Barrera once found a little girl in the river who had drowned, and
awhile after her death he found a floating doll in the river. To honor her, he
hung the doll in the tree, and over the years he found more dolls, convincing
him that each one held the spirit of a dead little girl. Hundreds of headless, tattered and torn dolls now
hang in the trees, and Julian has since passed on. He was found dead in the
same spot that he once found that little girl long ago.
2. The Sedlec Ossuary
The Sedlec Ossuary in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora
in the Czech Republic, also known as the Church
of the Bones, holds the bones of more than 40,000 human skeletons, and they've
all been artistically placed inside this small chapel. It's haunting, gruesome,
and just plain odd.
It all started back in 1278 when the abbot of the
church brought back a container of "Holy Soil" from Jerusalem and
scattered it around the church. People wanted to be buried near this soil and
brought their dead family members to be buried. The basement was used as an
ossuary until 1870, when a woodcarver decided to organize them artistically
inside the church.
3. The abandoned mill in Sorrento, Italy
In the town of Sorrento
near Naples, southern Italy, there's a deep canyon, also known as 'The valley
of the mills'. There, between thick vegetation there's the old mill,
functioning since the beginning of the 900's and used to produce flour. The
mill was abandoned around 1866 when the creation of Tasso square isolated the
mill from the sea, provoking a rise in the humidity, which soon forced the
mills abandonment. Today the mill is among the tourists attractions of
Sorrento.
4. Tunnel of Love
Is a beautiful spot in Klevan, Ukraine. A 3km
railway section leads to the fiber board factory. The train goes three 3 a
day and delivers wood to the factory. However, the trees make a green corridor,
which attracts many couples, as well as photographers for its eye catching
avenue. It is said that if you and your beloved come to the Tunnel of Love and
sincerely make a wish, it will come true. This might be a new romantic place to
discover.
5. Great Blue
Hole
The Great Blue Hole is a large submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the centre of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, over 300 m (984 ft) across and 124 m (407 ft) deep. It was formed during several episodes of quaternary glaciation when sea levels were much lower - the analysis of stalactites found in Great Blue Hole shows that formation took place 153,000, 66,000, 60,000, and 15,000 years ago. As the ocean began to rise again, the caves were flooded. The Great Blue Hole is a part of the larger Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, a World Heritage Site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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