If you’re a fan of eerie, cinematic atmospheres with a hint of mystery—but still want to soak in nature’s raw beauty—then the Eucalyptus Pine Forest in the Dieng Plateau deserves a spot on your travel bucket list. This isn't just another forest. It's a haunting blend of serenity and spookiness, wrapped in fog and silence.

On a quiet February morning in 1943, a Mexican farmer named Dionisio Pulido was tending to his cornfield in the village of San Juan Parangaricutiro. The sun was rising, the soil smelled of earth and ash, and the world seemed as ordinary as ever. Until, quite literally, it cracked open beneath his feet.