True crime is booming. We want to know what makes serial killers tick, what crimes have not yet been solved and what human depths there are. No wonder that more and more people are looking for the spooky factor when traveling. Places with a mystical or mysterious history are increasingly in demand among tourists – because we want to investigate the myth and understand what cannot be understood.
The best places to be spooked in Europe
Were there really vampires in Transylvania? What are the stones of Stonehenge – and where is the entrance to hell? It is questions like these that author Julia Schattauer pursued in her impressive illustrated book “Eerily beautiful Europe. 100 exciting places – on the trail of legends and myths”. The answer consists of adventurous and quite spooky short stories about the scariest places on the continent.
In the picture gallery we show you a small selection of the many exciting travel destinations that take you to remote places and the depths of history.
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