The Clown MotelNevada, United States

Coulrophobics, look away now. Your worst nightmare is coming true.

Welcome to the Clown Motel, the only place where you can check in with a smile and wake up having had the worst sleep of your life – if you even wake up, that is. Its location in the heart of Nowhere, Nevada (Tonopah) adds to the eerie atmosphere you’ll likely experience here, and so do the creepy clowns that litter every possible surface of this joint.

Seriously, they’re everywhere: waiting to greet you behind the concierge desk, smiling down at you from the ceiling of your room, hiding underneath the toilet seat, and popping out at you from the mini fridge to give you the biggest fright of your clown-hating life. Okay the last couple might not be true, but you get the gist.

But while the clowns themselves don’t actually seem all that terrifying, The Clown Motel isn’t for the weak (or the young and easily impressionable). There’s a lot of paranormal activity that goes down here, from dark silhouettes roaming the hallways to slamming doors and tingly sensations. You might even hear, ‘Wanna play a game, Georgie?’ as you’re drifting off to sleep*.

If that’s not enough to have you running and screaming in the opposite direction the second you pull into the Motel’s driveway, learning about the local cemetery and the ghosts that haunt it certainly will. And if you do stay, remember to take pics, you’re gonna want proof you survived the ultimate circus-themed sleepover. Say ‘cheese’!

*Highly unlikely.