Houska Castle, Czech Republic
While many European fortresses were built as strategically important buildings, the Houska castle in the Czech Republic has a much more sinister history. It is believed to be the gate to Hell. The castle is located in the dense forests surrounding Prague, about an hour’s drive north of the city. According to legend, the earth was once teeming with creatures that were half-human, half-animal. Brave builders erected a building where you could lock the devilish creatures. In the 1930s, the Nazis occupied the castle and conducted occult experiments here, trying to open extra-dimensional portals. Many years later, skeletons of German soldiers who died as a result of torture were found around scattered around the castle.
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