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Our planet has some seriously mysterious places; locations that seem to defy science, contain unknown treasures, or have an aura of mystery. Whether it\u2019s a UNESCO World Heritage Site we still don\u2019t understand or a place where living things go and never return, delve deep into the territory of conspiracy theorists as we attempt to explain the most mysterious places on Earth.<\/div>\n
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Easter Island, Chile<\/h2>\n

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1,289 miles away from the nearest inhabited land, Chile\u2019s<\/a> Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is the last word in isolation. At some point in its history (we don\u2019t know when), it was occupied by a thriving group of intrepid Polynesians, who built the enigmatic Moai statues \u2013 over a thousand of them staring blankly over the landscape \u2013 as a way to honor their ancestors.<\/p>\n

However, by the time Dutch colonists landed on Easter Sunday 1722, the island was all but abandoned, its population severely depleted. The island’s barren landscape and curious monuments make it one of the most mysterious places in the world to explore. Scientists are still debating exactly why the society collapsed, but rats<\/a> apparently had a big part to play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt<\/h2>\n

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This massive monolith at the edge of the Egyptian desert<\/a> still puzzles archaeologists thousands of years after it was built. How were those huge stone blocks hauled up so high? Was it simply the brute force of slaves? Perhaps not; their alignment is too precise for that. Could the ancient Egyptians have had some miracle contraption archaeologists haven\u2019t unearthed? Maybe it was aliens?<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also some intrigue as to what\u2019s inside the pyramid \u2013 archaeologists thought they\u2019d explored every crevice, but in 2023<\/a> a whole new chamber was located using cosmic ray technology. However, nobody has been inside it yet\u2026<\/p>\n

Experience this for yourself on: Wonders of Egypt<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bermuda Triangle, Atlantic Ocean<\/h2>\n

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Between Bermuda, Miami and Puerto Rico lies a triangle-shaped patch of Atlantic Ocean that seems to swallow people up. More than 50 ships and 20 planes<\/a> are said to have been lost to the Bermuda Triangle\u2019s murky depths \u2013 and conspiracy theorists offer a multitude of reasons why.<\/p>\n

Could it be that the Bermuda Triangle is a wormhole or vortex to a different dimension? Are aliens using it to kidnap humans for experimentation? Is it actually the location of Atlantis?<\/p>\n

But when you look at the stats, the region is not particularly disaster-prone: it encompasses the popular holiday islands of Turks and Caicos, and plenty of shipping and aviation traffic passes through the area on a daily basis. Some more likely explanations for this mysterious place include tropical hurricanes, rogue waves and human error.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Crooked Forest, Poland<\/h2>\n

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Bending and curving at the roots in a \u201cJ\u201d shape before scooping up towards the sky, the 400 trees<\/a> in Poland\u2019s Crooked Forest<\/a> are one of the world\u2019s weirdest unsolved botanical mysteries. They look like the sort of place a witch would hang out in, but these trees were actually planted in the 1930s.<\/p>\n

At some point in their infancy, the trees took on this unusual shape, but thanks to the outbreak of World War Two nobody wrote down how or why. It\u2019s commonly thought they were bent by heavy snowfall, but some believe the area has a uniquely strong gravitational pull. That, or they were deliberately bent to make unusually-shaped furniture. Who knows? The unanswered questions and the spooky aura around these gnarled trees made it one of our top mysterious places.<\/p>\n

Read next: Discover the incredible history of Sarajevo with local guide Samra<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gates of Hell, Turkmenistan<\/h2>\n

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These fires have flickered out of a depression in the desert for fifty years, like a set of eternal flames. Nicknamed the \u2018Gates of Hell\u2019, the Darvaza gas crater was accidentally created in 1971 by a group of Soviet oil scientists, who drilled into a natural gas field and caused it to collapse. To stop toxic gas from leaking, the hole was set alight and it\u2019s been burning ever since. The only real mystery about this place is when it might stop.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Nazca Lines, Peru<\/h2>\n

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Etched into the dry earth of Peru\u2019s<\/a> Nazca desert are massive man-made glyphs of animals, plants and strange lines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering an area of roughly 170 square miles. These mysterious drawings were created between the 4th century BC and the 6th century AD and are best seen from the air, but we still don\u2019t know why they were drawn: early studies suggested they formed part of a celestial clock, while more recent theories include ceremonial procession markers and a beg to the gods for water by the area\u2019s ancient people.<\/p>\n

Bookmark for later: Peru\u2019s rise as an astronomical superpower<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lake Hillier, Australia<\/h2>\n
On a remote island off the southern coast of Australia lies a mysterious place regular travelers aren\u2019t allowed to set foot on: Middle Island. The island\u2019s most famous landmark is Lake Hiller, which is shaded in a Barbie pink hue. The vibrant coloring comes from red bacteria and algae that live in the lake\u2019s salt crust. It\u2019s safe to swim in, but forbidden by the Australian government: take a helicopter ride from Esperance, the nearest town, for a bird\u2019s eye view.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Richat Structure, Mauritania<\/h2>\n

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Deep in the Sahara is a strange rock formation that predates life itself. The Richat Structure is a mysterious place, a concentric ring in the Earth\u2019s crust with such an otherworldly and almost-artificially symmetrical appearance it\u2019s known as the \u2018Eye of the Sahara\u2019.<\/p>\n

Rippling through the desert for 25 miles, Mauritania\u2019s Richat Structure is so huge it was only identified when astronauts spotted it from space. Some say the Eye of the Sahara is the remains of Atlantis, as its circular shape matches Plato\u2019s description of the utopian city, but it\u2019s actually a geological dome that eroded long before humans walked the earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Island of Dolls, Mexico City<\/h2>\n
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As mysterious cities go, Mexico City is hard to beat. Built atop the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, the Mexican capital is full of ghosts \u2013 visit the Island of the Dolls, and you\u2019ll experience the city\u2019s creep factor first hand. According to local lore, a young child fell into the lake from a chinampa (an artificial island built for agriculture) in 1950. A local man called Don Juli\u00e1n Santana<\/a> tried to save her, but she died before he could.<\/p>\n

Before long, Santana began to hear paranormal wails and cries in the place the girl had died. To appease her spirit \u2013 or perhaps to scare it off \u2013 he hung dolls he\u2019d begged and borrowed around the chinampa. Decaying after 70 years exposed to the elements, the dolls are a frightening sight: we wouldn\u2019t want to be marooned on this island at night.<\/p>\n

We think you\u2019ll like: Exploring the history and traditions of Mexico\u2019s Day of the Dead<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Blood Falls, Antarctica<\/h2>\n
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In 1911, a British geologist on the Terra Nova Antarctic Expedition made a mysterious discovery: a crimson waterfall staining red the pristine Antarctic ice. The water emerged from the end of a glacier perfectly clear, but quickly turned the shade of blood. This mysterious phenomenon baffled scientists for almost a decade, but in 2023, the mystery was solved: tiny iron-packed nanospheres<\/a> inside the water were oxidising as the water poured from the glacier and hit the air. It may not be mysterious anymore, but it\u2019ll always be magnificent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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