Mysterious Places Stuck in Time, Curated by Lonely Planet

We got together with our friends at Lonely Planet to curate a travel reel featuring the creepiest abandoned places on Earth, just in time for Halloween. Join us as we tour California's most haunted mansion, explore the lush greenery amid crumbling buildings on an abandoned island, and do our best to avoid the curse of Mexico's doll island.

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[Jillybean]

I'm not surprised about the locations in Mexico. Death has been an important aspect of their culture for as long as anybody can really remember, and even before Mexico was colonized, and before North America was even discovered. Their respect for the natural process of death, the dead, and the spirits of those that have passed, is something I find incredibly beautiful about their culture.

[hgsanimations]

I like how the Winchester mystery house has stairs that lead to the ceiling

[Gab-vwto]

I tried skipping past the doll island but, of course I get jumped scared.

[spinosaurus]

Careful guys, there's a jumpscare around 6:10

[ruarknewitt]

Man I love these videos, if I don't learn something new a day I can always rely on GreatBigStory to give me a new fact or an interesting thing to enjoy and watch, so I have to say.
Thank You!

[johnmontag]

It would be nice if when your video's are formatted like this with multiple subjects, you could have a link in the description to their website

[ssarah]

This channel is a gem, so glad I found it!

[miguelluhulima]

That jumpscare was not nice :(
Not nice at all ;_;

[boazlee]

5:21 there's just a barbie doll the ruins the creepy vibe

[Piggyslovespie]

Over the summer I was able to visit the mummy museum in Guanajuato, Mexico and it wasn't as creepy as this video made it seem. It also wasn't very (in my opinion) respectful of the dead, mostly due to the fact that a lot of tourists and children where making remarks that the mummies weren't real or not being respectful in their actions/messing around. I would recommend going though, it was a great experience and more informative than I thought it would be. All the people there had labels with their names, their life story and death. Not everyone died of cholera, the mummy you see in the middle glass frame at 8:39 is called "El Apuñalado" which means "the stabbed one".

[LorenaAkaCams]

I’ve been to he mummy museum twice now, and the first time I was a kid so I thought it was extremely cool and couldn’t wait for the next time I could visit. The next time I went though it actually sunk in that these were all real people and it didn’t feel creepy per se but there was something hauntingly beautiful about appreciating life, and how all of these mummies since several of them were naturally preserved

[veer]

That Mexican guy lives on that island?! Damn.

[beautifiying]

Yep, gotta admit I looked in the comments for the jump scare. There's something quite beautiful about these places though. Thanks for sharing!

[KrissKross]

That TWA terminal is a gem of a time capsule! What a shame it’s not open but thankfully it appears they’re not letting it fall into disrepair.

[akosicharmin]

Shangshen island kinda looks like ember island in Avatar: the last airbender

[HighOnCaffine]

I wish I'd scrolled down before the doll jumpscare came up 😭 not a good image for midnight

It's at 6:09 btw

[themanwhosayshey]

After the doll story

The camera man: *chuckles* I'm in danger

[killer]

i gotta ask what is that beautiful song called thats played at the twa 9:00 airport terminal its awsome

[clouud]

The dude that lives with those dolls are the ones i can trully call brave

[glennowen]

Who is the narrator for "The island of dolls" part ? The voice is so beautiful...