The most sinister places on Earth - If you have traveled, you know that not every place is pleasant or beautiful. But there are some spots in the world that are downright horrifying. Whether it's the legends associated with the locale, or its landscape, there are places that can terrify even the bravest of souls.

Have you ever been in a place that sent shivers down your spine and or felt an eerie presence? Take a look at the scariest and most-sinister places on Earth in this gallery!

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Hill of Crosses, Lithuania - Although it looks scary, this place is actually a site of pilgrimage. The hill is full of crosses, and other spiritual motifs. This is because those who visit this place do to give thanks for wishes that have come true. It is traditional to leave a cross in gratitude. Would you stay the night?

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Island of the Dolls, Mexico - There are many legends about how this island filled with dolls came to be. One account is that a man saw a girl drowning in the waters surrounding the island and could do nothing to save her. Following the accident, he began to hang dolls from the trees. Some believe that he did so in honor of the deceased girl while others believe that the man was possessed by the spirit of the child. Whatever the truth is, the reality is that this place is extremely spooky.

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Aokigahara, Japan - This forest is one of the most-visited tourist spots in Japan for the worst reasons. At first glance it might seem like an ordinary forest, but it is the setting for various legends and myths about evil spirits and demons. It is also one of Japan's most common suicide sites. Signs discouraging suicide are posted throughout the area.

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Craco, Italy - This Italian commune has become a real ghost town. Very few people actually still live here after an earthquake in 1980. It is now often used as a film location.

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Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic - The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Catholic chapel in the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Kutná Hora. There is nothing haunted about this place, but just one look around will send shivers down your spine. Between 40,000 and 70,000 skeletons are scattered around the chapel.

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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia - Currently a museum that can be visited during the day, Tuol Sleng used to be a secondary school that was later transformed into a prison. It is estimated that more than 14,000 lives were taken in this prison, where men were tortured to death. It is also believed to be one of the most-haunted sites in Phnom Penh.

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Lome Bazaar, Togo - In this West African country there is a market that even those with the strongest of stomachs wouldn't dare to enter. You'll find objects to aid in the practice of black magic, as well as dead animals, skeletons, and skins. It is a true spectacle of horrors.

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Dadipark, Belgium - This is one of the scariest amusement parks in the world. In 2000, a boy lost an arm in an accident here. In 2002, the park was shut down and left abandoned. The deteriorated and dirty environment make a creepy place to visit.

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Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane, New York - The Willard Asylum was a psychiatric hospital that opened in 1869 with the capacity to hold nearly four thousand patients. Approximately 50,000 deaths took place here and many believe it is haunted today. The corridors of this abandoned psychiatric hospital will make your skin crawl.

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Highgate Cemetery, England - What makes this cemetery even more morbid than all the others? It is not the fact that Karl Marx was buried here, but the numerous reports that it is haunted. There have been accounts of tombs being found open and sightings of various ghosts wandering the burial grounds.

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Changi Beach Park, Singapore - What can be bizarre or scary about a beach? Changi is a beach unlike any other. Reports of the ghosts of Chinese civilians screaming in agony and headless spirits have been reported, as well as other paranormal visions. Whether you believe in these stories or not, Changi Beach Park was a killing ground used by the Japanese Imperial Army to execute 66 Chinese men during World War II.

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North Yungas Road, Bolivia - There is nothing paranormal related to this road but it is considered one of the most frightening and dangerous in the world. The curves are endless and several accidents happen here every year.

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Catacombs of Paris, France - These catacombs are an underground ossuary that stretches for miles under the city of Paris. When a nearby cemetery became a site of disease, the remains of about six million people were moved to the disused quarries in the 18th century. Today, this bizarre place is open to the public and is one of the scariest locations in all of France.

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Hashima Island, Japan - This island was home to mining from 1887. By 1974, the coal mining industry had become unprofitable and the island was abandoned. In 2015, this bizarre site of abandoned buildings was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is currently open to the public.

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Overtoun Bridge, Scotland - This bridge is known as the bridge of suicidal dogs. In the middle of the 20th century, all the dogs that passed over the bridge leapt from the 15-meter bridge and into the river. Those who survived the jump would climb back up and leap again! No-one knows why.

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Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague - There are about 12,000 headstones in this cemetary and it is one of the most chilling in the world. With the passage of time and soil erosion, some old graves have become visible. Vegetation is also taking over the place, making it especially dark and sinister.

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Chapel of Bones, Portugal - The Chapel of Bones was built in the 16th century by a Franciscan monk. It is in the Church of St. Francis in Évora and there you'll find the bones of about five thousand monks. Perhaps the most-creepy feature is the phrase on the ceiling of the chapel. It reads "melior est dies mortis die nativitatis," meaning "better is the day of death than the day of the birth."

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Chauchilla Cemetery, Peru - About 30 km from the city of Nazca is this strange cemetery. The dead here were kept in unusual positions. Some skeletons have hair and some even appear to be smiling. The conservation of bodies is possible due to the arid climate in this region.

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Gomantong Caves, Malaysia - It is not just the thousands of bats that will make you shiver inside these caves. They are filled with cockroaches and you can even feel them crawling all around you. In addition to feeding on the bats' waste, the Gomantong roaches will devour any dead animal found in the cave within minutes.

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Pripyat, Ukraine - Pripyat suffered the infamous and unfortunate nuclear accident in central Chernobyl. Now completely abandoned and taken over by nature, it is a creepy place.

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Dargavs, Russia - Also known as the City of the Dead, Dargavs may seem like a small, quiet village with traditional houses, but the truth is that this village was formerly used as a necropolis. There is a legend that says that anyone visiting Dargavs will never return.

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Hanging Coffins of Sagada, Philippines - On the island of Luzon, you will come across this bizarre spot. The indigenous people of this area hang coffins on the outside and inside of caves and it's one of the creepiest sights you'll ever encounter. The placement stems from a belief that it will facilitate the journey of souls to heaven.

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Buzludzha Monument, Bulgaria - At the peak of the Central Balkan Mountains, at 1,441 m, you will find find this amazing monument built in the 1980s by the Bulgarian Communist Party. It was ceded to the state in the 1990s and is now abandoned. The size and the deteriorated state of the place make it scary.

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The Stanley Hotel, Colorado - This hotel, which many believe to be haunted, was the inspiration for Stephen King's 'The Shining.' Room 418 is believed to be the most-haunted room. There have also been several reports of guests saying they can hear children laughing and playing in the hallways.

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Ilha da Queimada Grande, Brazil - Also known as Snake Island, this place certainly lives up to its name! There are close to 4,000 island jararacas—one of the most poisonous snakes in the world! The poison from this species can kill a person in less than an hour.

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The Gates of Hell, Turkmenistan - The Darvaza gas crater is a natural gas field in an underground chamber in the Karakum Desert. It has been burning since 1971, when engineers lit it, thinking it better to let the gas burn off than affect local towns. The site was declared a nature reserve in 2013.

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