5 most unsettling UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world

Of course, not all discomfort in travel results from danger or narrative. In certain locations, discomfort results from the physicality of space, how it is constructed, how it confines, or how it warps. A handful of UNESCO World Heritage Sites are notable for this. They are not “creepy” by any intent, but they are locations where, as a result of their history, their architectural construction, state of preservation, and environmental conditions, there is a measurable level of discomfort.These are locations where the past does not need to be “interpreted” through any form of narrative. The past is simply “present” in a confined space, a preserved form, a half-finished structure, or a landscape that overwhelms any reference of space. The discomfort experienced within these locations is not imagined but actual.