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Eerie photos of dark tourism sites, a church decorated with human bones, the most haunted places in the U.S., and a colorful Maya cemetery

|       DESTINATIONS      | This Goth-Filled Seaside Town Inspired ‘Dracula’ Every October, the English seaside town of Whitby transforms into a page taken right out of a Bram Stoker novel. The prolific author drew inspiration for his 1897 Gothic horror novel from the coastal town, impressed by its atmospheric streets and ruined Benedictine abbey. HAVE A FANGTASTIC TIME SHARE

TRAVEL TIP “Resist the urge to be busy all the time,” writer Carrie Miller recommends to solo travelers. “Don’t fill every waking moment. Let yourself be. Loneliness isn’t boredom.” — @carriemiller_writer

|    DESTINATIONS    | Bones of 30,000 Plague Victims Decorate This Church This Gothic church in the Czech Republic is anything but ordinary. ENTER IF YOUR DARE |    VIDEO    | Inside One of the World’s Most Colorful Cemeteries According to Maya tradition, honoring the dead encourages the living to make peace with death. GRAVE ENCOUNTERS

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|    DESTINATIONS   | The Most Haunted Places in the United States Discover the paranormal at these spine-chilling historical haunts. ENJOY THE BOOS |    DESTINATIONS   | The Creepiest Adventures on Earth From skeleton-filled lagoons to isolated forests, these adventures are for the bold. CHILLS AND THRILLS

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Eerie Photos of ‘Dark Tourism’ Sites Around the World Museums and memorials around the globe reveal histories of death, indignity, and destruction. BEAR WITNESS SHARE

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