Why is there no 11th entrance at the Waterfront House, but the paintings at the Denver airport show a dead leopard? Some buildings can be spoken of not only as architectural structures, but also as riddles.

1 Pentagon

The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world. It got its name because of its shape - a regular pentagon. The perimeter of this huge Arlington geometric figure is about 1405 meters.

The Pentagon is still the most optimal building in terms of ergonomics. The building is intersected by ten corridors in the center, which connect five pentagons extending from the center.

Thus, an employee of the American military department can get to any point of the building along the perimeter, spending no more than seven minutes.

The Pentagon is pure numbers magic. It was built in 491 days. If, according to the Pythagorean method, we add these numbers (4+9+1), then we get – 5 (the number of sides of the pentagon). If we go further, using the same Pythagorean method, and decide to multiply the numbers (4X9X1), we get – 36. If we count the sum of all integers from 1 to 36, we get – 666.

Construction of the Pentagon was planned to begin on September 11, 1941 and end on January 15, 1943. The builders met the deadlines on the same day. The date September 11 mysteriously accompanies the Pentagon. On this day in 1941, construction of the building began, in 2001 the Pentagon was attacked by Boeing, and on September 11, 2002, the entire Pentagon territory came back into use.

2 Denver Airport

The largest airport in the USA. Its area is 140 square kilometers. For supporters of the global conspiracy theory, this building is almost the central link in the plans of the World Government.

According to one version, the airport was built on the site of an ancient Indian cemetery, which is why its roofs are decorated with wigwam-shaped tents. According to the official version, the tents symbolize the rocky mountains.

The runways on top resemble a swastika in shape, which also cannot but arouse suspicion among people who are inclined to see everything as a hoax.

In fact, this form is the most convenient for managing traffic and minimizing the dependence of flights on weather conditions.

It's as if Denver's airport was purposely built to give conspiracy theorists something to talk about. So, during its construction, despite the fact that Denver is a flat city, as much land was removed as would be enough for a third of the city’s territory. This gives rise to some people to argue that the airport building is the tip of the iceberg, and underneath it there is a whole city, either a military base or a concentration camp (yes, they say that too!).

Four strange paintings by artist Leo Tanguma hanging in the airport building also raise questions. According to the artist's plan, they symbolize humanity's struggle against genocide.

Some details of these paintings, such as three dead girls in coffins, a dead leopard, a giant soldier in a gas mask, can be shocking. Proponents of conspiracy theories believe that these paintings depict hints of the transformation of the earth, the establishment of a world government and a new world order.

Another interesting place is the last stone of the terminal with a time capsule, laid by the Freemasons. The capsule should be opened in the year 2094. The sculptures of gargoyles in the luggage compartment also raise suspicions... In general, this airport is a very busy place.

3 House on the embankment

The house on the Embankment was first named so in the story of the same name by Yuri Trifonov. There are many legends associated with this building and the site on which it was built.

Back in the 17th century, the boyar Bersen Beklemishev began to build a mansion on this site (which since ancient times was called the Swamp), but did not have time to complete the construction, since he was executed by order of Vasily III. The construction of the building was completed by clerk Averky Kirillov, who was killed during the Streltsy riot and never lived in his chambers.

Gradually the Swamp gained notoriety. Here a gang robbed visiting merchants famous robber Vanka Cain, executions of state criminals were often carried out here.

In 1927, construction began here of the “house of the future” for the party elite. The total area of ​​the house was about 400,000 m2. The ten-story building contained 505 apartments and many infrastructure facilities. There was a hairdresser, a laundry, a store, kindergarten, telegraph, post office, gym.

The first residents of the famous house were Beria, Marshals Zhukov and Tukhachevsky, the children of Stalin. Resettlement was carried out according to special government lists.

It is interesting that the House on the Embankment does not have an 11th entrance. In 1930, when the facility was under construction, there was a severe fire. The developer was afraid of missing the deadline for putting the facility into operation. It was decided to abandon the 11th entrance and distribute the usable area between the 10th and 12th entrances.

The square meters of apartments were redistributed, but where the stairs, elevators and stairwells “went” remained a mystery. Since then, rumors began to circulate that the “secret corridors” were used by Lubyanka employees to monitor the residents.

The residents were indeed being watched, but not in a very secret way. On the ground floor of the house there were secret apartments for security officers. They worked in the house under the guise of commandants, concierges, elevator operators and in their apartments they met with their informants or hid mysterious residents, such as Soviet intelligence agent in South Africa Dieter Gerhardt.

4 Ostankino Estate

Ostankino has had a bad reputation since the 15th century, when a cemetery for suicides was located here. Therefore, those who were driven out of the city were strong here: soothsayers, sorcerers.

In Ostankino there was also a serf theater. It is difficult to say whether it was the influence of the place or a difficult, unfree fate, but many actresses drowned themselves in the Ostankino ponds, which were even nicknamed “actorkin’s”. Now there is a residential building nearby, and in the churchyard there is a television center building. Local residents and television center workers say that sometimes in these parts you can meet an ancient old woman with a stick, who appears before misfortunes and tragedies.

The list of those warned by the prophet includes several kings (Paul I, Alexander I, Alexander II), boyars, and princes. Today, in the era of television, for some reason the ghost makes contact exclusively with the Ostankino security guards and ordinary employees of the television center.

5 CNPO Leninets

There are many mysterious buildings in St. Petersburg. The status of the most mysterious house from the times of the USSR can go to house 212 on Moskovsky Prospect. Here, in the building of the Leninets Research and Production Association, a secret special laboratory was allegedly located, directly subordinate to the NKVD. Here they studied genetics and carried out crossbreeding work different types animals.

At the beginning of 1999, documents were made public, according to which every year in the 30-50s of the last century, about 200 prisoners were sent to the special department of the Leningrad NKVD (and then the MGB and KGB) “to conduct a holistic analysis of the physiological and mental state and develop methods for correcting identified violations.”

6 Moscow State University building

The Moscow State University skyscraper is one of the decorations of the Russian capital. There are many legends associated with this building. They say that the place chosen by the architects was unsuitable for construction: for such a large building on Vorobyovy Gory the soils are too weak. But the architects who worked on the Moscow State University project found a solution: they dug a huge foundation, filled it with liquid nitrogen, and then installed refrigeration units in what is now called the 3rd basement. That is, if something goes wrong and the freezers fail, in a week the Main Building of Moscow State University will end up in the Moscow River.

There is also talk that the main building of Moscow State University is as multi-story down as it is up. The collective consciousness has produced many versions: the underground city “Ramenki-2”, the secret Metro-2, the cyclophastron, an atomic reactor and even a secret laboratory for the study of permafrost.

Interesting fact: the red stripes on the façade of the Main Building of Moscow State University create the appearance of proportionality of the building. If you remove them, it will seem almost shapeless. Since the central body, the “large” and “small” zones differ significantly in height and width.

Finally, there is still talk that ghosts live at Moscow State University: prisoners who died during construction or former students who want to settle old scores with the university.

7 Rotunda on Gorokhovaya

The rotunda on Gorokhovaya Street in St. Petersburg is one of the most mystical and legendary places in the city. This is a round building with six columns around the perimeter, and a cast-iron staircase leads to the dome.

The house where the rotunda is located was built in the 18th century, and after that it was rebuilt many times. The dome of the rotunda is hidden under the attic, and its only window faces the courtyard. Everything is arranged in such a way that it is impossible to guess what exactly is hidden behind the doors of an ordinary house.

According to the most common version, the rotunda on Gorokhovaya Street was a meeting place for Masons who received new members of the club here. This version is supported by the fact that the house once belonged to the famous freemason Count Andrei Zubov. What makes the rotunda even more mysterious is the fact that Grigory Rasputin himself often visited here. His mansion was very close. Since the 80s of the last century, the rotunda has become a meeting place for rockers, punks and other informals.

8 Tretyakov Gallery

They say that paintings from the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery somehow have a special, mystical influence on people. For example, the painting “The Morning of the Streltsy Execution” by Surikov became the cause of the long, serious illness of Pavel Tretyakov’s daughter. The image of the Vladimir Mother of God helped protect the capital from the enemy. And the positive impact on the audience of the paintings of Levitan and Nicholas Roerich can even be measured with instruments.

There is a well-known legend associated with the Tretyakov exhibition: girls of undistinguished age should not look for long at the portrait of Maria Lopukhina (she died shortly after the painting was painted). It appeared thanks to secular gossips who believed that Maria’s father, Ivan Lopukhin, a famous mystic and master of the Masonic lodge, lured his daughter’s spirit into this portrait.

9 House of Winchester

The Winchester House is one of the landmarks of the United States. In 1884, the house was purchased by Sarah Winchester, widow of William Winchester, son of Oliver Winchester, inventor of the famous rifle.

At a reception with a medium, the widow learned that she was haunted by misfortunes due to the fact that her family was cursed with those killed by the Winchester (and there were many of them, given the history of the conquest of the Wild West). To avoid further problems, the woman must build a special house in which the spirits cannot harm her.

Sarah purchased a house on the West Coast and invested her entire fortune in remodeling the house. The house is set up so that the spirits haunting Sarah will become confused when trying to find the widow. There are many dead-end doors that open into walls and stairs that reach into ceilings. The corridors in the building are very narrow, especially since the widow was miniature and could easily move through this labyrinth. Some of the doors on the upper floors open outwards, and many walls have secret windows. The number 13 is often found - almost all stairs have 13 steps, and many rooms have 13 windows.

Currently, the house has about 160 rooms, 13 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 40 stairs. The rooms have 2,000 doors, 450 doorways, about 10,000 windows (stained glass windows have survived to this day), 47 fireplaces and one shower.

10 Lip Castle

We couldn't help but include the castle in the list of the most mysterious buildings. Castles are generally mysterious, but this one, Leap Castle in Ireland, is considered the most mysterious and creepy.

The castle was owned by the O'Carroll clan. They became famous, among other things, for often inviting their enemies to dinner at the castle under the pretext of reconciliation, and then killing them right at the table or in their beds after the feast. A tradition worthy of Game of Thrones.

In the same way, dozens of mercenaries from the O’Neill and McMahon clans were killed, who had previously helped the O’Carrolls in internecine wars and received death instead of payment.

Under the dining hall in the castle there was a dungeon (“oubliette”), into which unsuspecting guests fell through a secret door in the corner of the hall. Its bottom was strewn with sharp stakes, on which the victims fell.

According to some reports, when the castle was restored after a fire in the 20s of the 20th century, workers found a huge amount of bones in the “oubliette” - it took three carts to clean out the dungeon. In total, the remains of 150 people were discovered. A pocket watch made in 1840 was also found among the bones, suggesting the use of an oubliette even in the 19th century.

Due to the abundance of horrors that happened in the castle, it is now inhabited by many ghosts (at least, this is what local residents and psychics who visited the castle say). The most terrible spirit - it is called Elemental ("natural phenomenon") or "It" - does not even have a human appearance. Eyewitnesses describe it as a bent, ready-to-pounce beast the size of a sheep. Before this spirit appears, the air is filled with the smell of decaying corpses and sulfur... It is also said that every night a mysterious light comes on in the “bloody chapel”.

Imagine: three o'clock in the morning. You wake up to the sound of your daughter saying, “Mommy, I'm scared,” and crawling into your bed. Her little arms hug you from behind. A minute later, you remember that your daughter is at summer camp and shouldn't be back for at least a week. You turn around sharply to see who called you, and... no one is next to you. But then you look up at the door and see her standing, looking at you. The body stiffens, and the girl grins and disappears right before your eyes. At three fifteen in the morning you know you won't be able to sleep. You should have listened to those who said you were moving into a haunted house... one of many haunted houses.

This little story may be fictitious, but many people have claimed to have experienced this in the houses on this list. From the House of Despair in Mexico, where a series of brutal murders took place, to the DeFoe house in New York, whose story inspired the legendary horror film The Amityville Horror, we're sure you'd try your best to avoid a night in one of these houses ( and that would be wise of you). So, we present to your attention 25 creepy haunted houses that not everyone dares to visit.

Our top 10 creepiest haunted houses will tell you about buildings with mystical stories associated with them.

10 Fulingen House

9 Queens House

7 Springhill House

6 Quinta da Juncosa

4 Raynham Hall

3 Monte Cristo Estate

2 House Defeo

1 House of Winchester

Don't believe those who claim that ghosts don't exist. For centuries, people have witnessed incredible events, amazing sounds and images that are still not explained by science.

Writers, journalists, politicians and even ordinary peasants have often spoken about the spirits of the dead that they saw. Poltergeists are everywhere, and a truly scary night can be in a house where they roam unhindered.

These souls, rushing between heaven and earth, in search of their peace, curse people and plot them. It’s not for nothing that so many books and stories have been devoted to ghosts, which still frighten civilians in their homes and hotels. And if you’re not scared, we’ll tell you where real ghosts live today...

Have you ever experienced chilling horror? No? But the residents of Transylvania, where the famous Count Dracula once lived, had to. They claim that the rebellious spirit of the famous vampire still walks around his castle. And these are little flowers compared to a girl sending curses on an American plantation or a lighthouse keeper who disappeared without a trace in the middle of the last century.

Bran Castle - the famous Dracula's castle in Transylvania - is truly the most famous mystical place in the world.

This building is one of the scariest places on the planet. The Gothic silhouette of the castle, soaring with its spiers into the skies, inspired terror for centuries thanks to the actions of Prince Vlad IV, better known as Vlad Dracula. He gained fame as a bloody monster among his descendants with his unhealthy addiction to impaling everyone.

According to another legend, Vlad the Impaler only spent the night here during his campaigns, and the area surrounding Bran Castle was his favorite hunting ground. Bran Castle never belonged to Prince Tepes, the real historical figure who inspired Bram Stoker to create the vampire count. By the way, the castle was restored by American director Francis Ford Coppola for the filming of his famous 1992 film “Dracula.”

One of the most famous haunts in the United States is the Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana.

There is a legend here that explains the presence of ghosts in the Myrtles Plantation mansion in Louisiana. Once upon a time there was a slave named Chloe.

Chloe had a stupid habit of listening at the doors of the mansion rooms. One day, the owner of the mansion caught Chloe doing this unsightly activity, and cut off her ear as punishment. Since then, Chloe was forced to constantly wear a green scarf on her head to cover the wound. The slave decided to take revenge and baked a cake with poisonous oleander leaves. By a tragic accident, the owner's wife and two daughters became victims.

Chloe was later lynched by other slaves for angering her master and bringing trouble to them all. After this, Chloe's ghost began to appear to the inhabitants of the estate.

In addition, Myrtles Plantation is full of other ghostly inhabitants - a little girl, whose reflection can be seen in the mirrors on the stairs, sending curses on everyone who decides to spend the night in her room. Whether this is true or fiction, science does not know. One thing is certain - today Myrtles Plantation is one of the most famous haunted houses in the United States, offering overnight stays and tours to adventure-seeking tourists.

The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, built in 1893, is famous for the presence of the spirit of the hotel's founder, Charles Pfister.

One of the most secure prisons in San Francisco, Alcatraz is used exclusively as a museum.

But due to the type of establishment, there is more than enough paranormal activity here. The island was used as a defensive fort, later as a military prison, and then as a high-security prison for especially dangerous criminals and those who attempted to escape from previous places of detention.

The courts did not sentence people to imprisonment in Alcatraz; especially “distinguished” prisoners from other prisons were usually transferred there. It was impossible to voluntarily choose Alcatraz to serve a prison sentence. Although exceptions were made for some gangsters, including Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly (in those years “public enemy No. 1”) and others.

Amityville House at 112 Ocean Avenue (Amityville, New York).

It is famous for the fact that its owners suffered from constant noises, voices and music, as well as frightening shadows and unpleasant odors. In 1979, an attempt was even made to expel demons from the house.

Edinburgh Castle is the most popular tourist destination in Scotland, where you can accidentally meet the spirits of a drummer who appears when the castle is in danger, and a piper who disappears in the dungeons of the fortress.

The famous Parisian catacombs are tunnels dug under the city where the bodies of dead people have been dumped since the 1800s due to overcrowding in cemeteries. Even without encountering ghosts, this place is quite creepy. However, visitors still claim to hear strange voices there.

In 1892, a young woman arrived at the luxurious Hotel del Coronado in San Diego Bay (California) and said that she was supposed to meet her husband there.

The husband never showed up, and the girl was found dead on the steps of the hotel a few days later. Since then, a ghost in the form of a young girl in a black lace dress has been scaring late-night visitors.

Inveraray Castle in Scotland also has its own paranormal attraction - the ghost of a harpist who was hanged in 1644 lives here.


The keeper of the Cape Hicks Lighthouse (Hicks Point, Australia), who mysteriously disappeared in 1947, polishes the handles on the lighthouse doors every day.

Imagine: three o'clock in the morning. You wake up to the sound of your daughter saying, “Mommy, I'm scared,” and crawling into your bed. Her little arms hug you from behind. A minute later, you remember that your daughter is at summer camp and shouldn't be back for at least a week. You turn around sharply to see who called you, and... no one is next to you. But then you look up at the door and see her standing, looking at you. The body stiffens, and the girl grins and disappears right before your eyes. At three fifteen in the morning you know you won't be able to sleep. You should have listened to those who said you were moving into a haunted house... one of many haunted houses.

This little story may be fictitious, but many people have claimed to have experienced this in the houses on this list. From the House of Despair in Mexico, where a series of brutal murders took place, to the DeFoe house in New York, whose story inspired the legendary horror film The Amityville Horror, we're sure you'd try your best to avoid a night in one of these houses ( and that would be wise of you). So, we present to your attention 25 creepy haunted houses that not everyone dares to visit.

Winchester Mystery House

Located in San Jose, California, the mysterious house is a huge mansion that served as the residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of weapons magnate William Wirt Winchester. Known for its size and various architectural features, the house gained popularity thanks to the ghosts of those killed by Winchester rifles, which haunted the owners of the mansion and their guests.

Monte Cristo Estate

Built in 1885, Monte Cristo Manor is a historic asset in the town of Junee in New South Wales, Australia. There were seven deaths on the late-Victorian estate in the late nineteenth century, making it the most haunted house in Australia. Several groups of ghosts were discovered there. Now the estate houses a museum and an antique store.

Drumbeg Estate

Drumbeg Manor in Inver (County Donegal, Ireland) is one of the most mysterious in all of Europe. Ghosts and strange phenomena are often observed in the house and in the area around it. They say that there you can hear the screams of a woman and see a man in a white suit walking through the halls.

McPike Mansion

Built in 1869 by Henry Guest McPike, the mansion is located in Alton, the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in Illinois. One of the largest haunted houses in the United States, this mansion appeared in the documentary series "The Scariest Places on Earth." The current owners of the house are Sharyn and George Luedke, who purchased it at auction in 1994. According to them, the mansion is haunted by the ghosts of its former owner and his servants.

Weili House

The Whaley House, a Greek Revival style villa, is located in San Diego, California. It became known as a haunted house in 2005, after LIFE magazine called it “America's Most Mysterious House.” Footsteps can be heard in the house that belong to the ghost of James "Yankee Jim" Robinson, who was hanged in this villa. Some visitors to the house claim to have seen the ghosts of its original owners, Thomas and Anna Whaley.

House of Despair

The House of Despair is a historical site in the Mexican city of Guanajuato. At the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century, this house, built in the eighteenth century, became the site of a series of murders committed by Tadeo Fugencio Mejia. The killer was obsessed with the idea of ​​communicating with his dead wife. According to local residents, paranormal phenomena constantly occur in the house, and sometimes even the screams of the victims are heard.

Villa Kleine

One of the most mysterious houses in Finland, Villa Kleine is an ancient imperial-style mansion in Helsinki. Currently it houses the Dutch Embassy. The ghost of Kleine's second wife, Maria, still haunts the house and has been nicknamed "The White Lady".

Borley Rectory

Dubbed "the most mysterious house in England", the vicarage is a Gothic mansion built in 1862 for the rector of Borley, Essex, England, and his family. According to rumors, the house was haunted from the very beginning - paranormal phenomena were often observed within its walls. In 1939, the mansion was badly damaged by fire and was restored five years later.

Vernescu House

One of the scariest places in Romania, Vernescu's house is an old casino in Bucharest. Rumor has it that in the last century, several players committed suicide right within its walls after losing at roulette. According to eyewitnesses, three ghosts can be found in the building, shaking furniture and sometimes appearing in the corridors. Also, many passersby complain about the strong smell of sulfur near the casino.

Erasmus Mansion

Known as “Die Spookhuis” (“the haunted house” in Dutch), the Erasmus Mansion is a large house where ghosts and unusual phenomena are often seen. The mansion is located in the South African city of Pretoria and is open to tourists. It also often hosts cultural events. This is why there are so many witnesses to unexplained light in uninhabited parts of the building and unusual human sounds.

Sally's house

Sally's home in Atchison, Kansas, looks ordinary - but its past is quite mysterious. In a house rich in paranormal phenomena, ghosts and flying objects were always observed. Some people heard animal sounds and human voices in it. According to residents, they periodically experience unexplained physical injuries such as scratches, burns and cuts.

Steward's House

Located in Montpelier Hill, near Dublin in Ireland, Steward's House has been known as a haunted house since its inception in 1765. The house is said to be haunted by a huge black ghost cat with glowing red eyes, as well as the sound of bells ringing and the presence of poltergeists. In the nineties, the house housed a restaurant, which was closed in 2001. Now it is private property.

Riddle's House

Riddle's home in Palm Beach, Florida, was built for funeral ceremonies. In 1920, it was purchased by a representative of the city administration, Karl Riddle, whose name this house bears. In 1995, it was dismantled and moved to Esterior Village in South Florida. During house relocation and renovation, workers often encountered various paranormal phenomena.

Lawang Sewu

Lawang Sewu is a historical building in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. This huge colonial-era house has been haunted several times. Among the ghosts, a Dutch lady and headless vampires were seen. During the filming of one of the programs about ghosts, one of them even came under the camera's sights.

House Moore

In 1912, the small town of Villisca, located southwest of Des Moines, Iowa, experienced several brutal, uninvestigated murders (known as the Villisca massacre). Six members of the Moore family and two of their guests were found stabbed to death in their home. Since then, the house has been known as haunted. Its residents claim that they heard children crying and saw a man wandering with an axe.

Springhill House

Located in the town of Ballindrum in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland, Springhill House is a seventeenth-century plantation house in which its owner, George Lenox-Conyngham, committed suicide in 1816. Since then, this mansion has become home to the most famous and haunted ghost in the country. He appears as a tall woman dressed in black, who is believed to be George's widow Olivia.

House DeFoe

DeFoe's home in Amityville, a village in Suffolk County, New York, was the site of a horrific massacre: in 1974, Roland DeFoe killed his father, mother, two brothers and two sisters there. A year later, in December 1975, George and Kathy Lutz and their three children moved into the house. However, after 28 days, the family left the terrible refuge, explaining that they were literally terrorized by paranormal phenomena.

Raynham Hall

Built in 1637, Rainham Hall is a huge country house in East Anglia. The house is rumored to be haunted, and it was there that the most famous ghost photograph in history was taken - the image of the legendary Brown Lady descending the stairs. The Lady is most likely the ghost of Dorothy Walpole, who died at Rainham Hall in 1726.

Chaoney No. 81

Also known as Chaonei Church, Chaonei No. 81 is a house in Beijing, China. The brick building in the French Baroque style is famous for being haunted. Stories tell of the ghost of a woman who committed suicide, as well as various mystical phenomena. The house is popular among Chinese youth, especially after the release of the 2014 horror film The House That Never Dies, which was filmed there.

Scary Joshua Ward House

Built in 1784, Joshua Ward is one of the oldest buildings in Salem, Massachusetts. The house served as one of the sites of the famous Salem witch trials, and many women accused of witchcraft were rumored to have been hanged or burned in or near Joshua Ward. Since then, this house has been inhabited by the ghosts of executed women. However, it is difficult to believe in this, since the legendary Salem witch hunt took place before the construction of the house - from February 1692 to May 1693.

Quinta da Juncosa

The old farmhouse belonged to the Baron of Lajes and his family. He was very jealous and suspected his wife of infidelity. According to legend, the baron tied her to a horse and let the horse run around the farm. As a result, his wife died. After the baron found out that his wife had not cheated on him, he killed his children and committed suicide. Until now, the guilt he feels does not allow his soul to calm down. The ghosts of the baron and his wife are constantly seen on the farm.