10 Real-Life Locations from The UnXplained You Can Actually Visit

The UnXplained, hosted by William Shatner, takes viewers on a journey through the most bizarre, haunted, and awe-inspiring mysteries of our world. But what many fans don’t realize is:

You can actually visit many of these places.

From cursed forests and ancient ruins to ghost-infested hospitals and gravity-defying hills, these locations have been featured in the show — and they’re open to the bold.

Here are 10 real-world destinations from The UnXplained that you can actually explore — if you dare.

1. 🌲 The Suicide Forest – Aokigahara, Japan

Featured in: “Evil Places” (Season 1, Episode 4)

Why go:

Located at the base of Mt. Fuji, this dense, silent forest is infamous for its tragic past — and its unsettling silence. Compasses don’t work. Visitors report feelings of being watched. Some never leave.

Warning: This is not a tourist attraction — it’s a real site with deep cultural and emotional weight. Visit with respect.

2. 🕯️ The Winchester Mystery House – San Jose, California

Featured in: “Mysterious Structures”

Why go:

Built by Sarah Winchester, this Victorian mansion has doors that open into walls, staircases that lead nowhere, and a design said to appease the spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles.

Tours available: Daytime, flashlight, and even overnight ghost hunts.

3. 🧱 Puma Punku – Tiwanaku, Bolivia

Featured in: “Mysterious Structures” (Season 2)

Why go:

A megalithic site with perfectly carved stone blocks that defy modern engineering — yet they’re over 1,000 years old. Archaeologists are baffled. Ancient alien theorists call it “undeniable.”

Experience: You can walk right through the ruins, touch the stones, and try to guess how they were made.

4. 🧬 The Mutter Museum – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Featured in: “Mysteries of the Brain”

Why go:

This medical museum houses bizarre human specimens, tumors in jars, and the preserved brain of Albert Einstein. It’s where biology and the bizarre collide.

Caution: Not for the squeamish — but a must-see for lovers of the unexplained inside the human body.

5. 🏚️ Eastern State Penitentiary – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Featured in: “Evil Places”

Why go:

This former prison is said to be one of the most haunted places in America. Inmates were kept in complete isolation, and their tortured screams are rumored to echo through the halls to this day.

Experience: Guided tours, ghost hunts, and night-time explorations.

6. ⛩️ Yonaguni Monument – Yonaguni, Japan

Featured in: “Lost Civilizations”

Why go:

This underwater stone formation appears to be a manmade complex submerged off the coast of Japan — complete with terraces, platforms, and possible symbols. Or is it just erosion?

Explore by: Scuba diving. Just be ready for strong currents… and stranger things beneath.

7. ⚰️ The Stanley Hotel – Estes Park, Colorado

Featured in: “Cursed Places”

Why go:

The inspiration for The Shining, this historic hotel has a long list of ghost sightings, from phantom piano music to full-bodied apparitions in Victorian dress.

Bonus: Book Room 217 — where Stephen King stayed and had the nightmare that birthed The Shining.

8. 🌀 Gravity Hill – Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Featured in: “Strange Forces”

Why go:

At this roadside anomaly, your car appears to roll uphill. Is it an optical illusion? A magnetic force? Or something science still doesn’t fully understand?

Tip: Bring a bottle of water and pour it — it’ll “flow” uphill too.

9. 🏛️ Göbekli Tepe – Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Featured in: “Lost Civilizations”

Why go:

One of the oldest megalithic sites ever discovered — predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years. Its intricately carved pillars and strange layout rewrote the timeline of human civilization.

Experience: You can walk through the dig site and gaze at pillars built by people who “shouldn’t” have had the ability to do so.

10. 🕳️ Hoia Baciu Forest – Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Featured in: “Evil Places”

Why go:

Known as the “Bermuda Triangle of Transylvania,” this forest is home to UFO sightings, vanishings, disembodied voices, and burned trees with no source of fire.

Key feature: A mysterious circular clearing in the center where nothing grows. No one knows why.

🌍 Final Thoughts: The Show Is Real — And So Are the Mysteries

Watching The UnXplained is one thing.

But standing on the cursed ground, walking through haunted halls, or diving beneath the waves where history broke the rules?

That’s where the thrill really begins.

So if you’re brave enough — follow in Shatner’s footsteps.

Explore these places. Ask the questions. And maybe, just maybe…

You’ll find something no one’s been able to explain — yet.