1. The Catacombs, France
Underneath Paris, 200 miles of catacombs along the Seine River lie in the dark, and some believe that this is the entrance to hell itself. Overcrowding in cemeteries (and the dead causing the living to suffer by rotting their water and attracting disease) led to people being buried in the abandoned mines and tunnels of the French capital city. It took decades for the six million exhumed bodies to be stacked systematically under the ground in this dark labyrinth. It has been a creepy tourist attraction for 200 years.
Many have gone missing down there when they have wandered astray (and then been charged an $83 fine upon being found) but only one man was lost forever in the dark crypt in 1793. His body was found 11 years later.
Parisians are still finding new entrances to the main mazes of the catacombs in their basements, because in the past, illegal mining was prevalent. I am sure that would be a scary surprise, though tourists and local youth seem to find the allure of the chilling place irresistible. Take it from someone who has walked those subterranean corridors; it is most definitely eerie, and I can see why people think it could be the gate to something much more sinister than a burial ground.
Sources: escapingabroad, therichest, atlasobscura
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