25. Sometimes You Can Still Hear the Miners Singing
Battleship Island, known for its eerie appearance in the James Bond movie Skyfall, carries a haunting history and an almost ghostly presence. Originally a site bustling with mining activity, it also has a darker past as a brutal prisoner-of-war camp.
Its abrupt abandonment in 1974 left it frozen in time, akin to the legendary Marie Celeste, with personal belongings and work materials left as if the workers vanished in an instant. Rumors of hauntings add to its mystique, drawing the curious to its shores. For those intrigued, guided boat tours are available from Nagasaki.