No it's not...
Posted on 07/07/2021 9:20:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin
1. ILHA DA QUEIMADA GRANDE ...home to a rare and incredibly deadly species of snake called the golden lancehead.
2. LASCAUX CAVE The sketches of horses, deer, and other animals date back to the Upper Paleolithic period...
3. ISE GRAND SHRINE Shinto shrine in Japan...
4. THE SVALBARD GLOBAL SEED VAULT
5. THE VATICAN'S SECRET ARCHIVES
6. COCA-COLA’S VAULT
7. ULURU (FORMERLY AYERS ROCK)
8. THE ISLAND OF SURTSEY It’s not every day that scientists get to study an island from the moment it emerges...
9. HEARD ISLAND, THE HOME OF MAWSON PEAK A 9000-foot-tall volcano on the island named Mawson Peak has been active since at least 2000...
10. MONTSERRAT’S DESIGNATED EXCLUSION ZONE
11. CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE Though it's still against the law to live there, you can take a day trip with a licensed guide.
12. AREA 51
13. NORTH KOREA’S ROOM 39 According to some defectors, it keeps foreign cash flowing into the pockets of elite officials.
14. THE ISLAND OF POVEGLIA Venetian island became a quarantine station in 1793, and for two decades it was a place for potential victims of the bubonic plague. So many people died there that up to 50 percent of the island’s soil is said to contain human remains.
15. NORTH BROTHER ISLAND Its most famous patient was Typhoid Mary...deserted island now serves a much happier purpose as a bird sanctuary.
16. HEART REEF As the name suggests, the reef is shaped like a heart... Divers and snorkelers have been banned from the spot to protect it from damage.
17. THE ETHIOPIAN CHURCH THAT CLAIMS TO HOLD THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
18. MAYA BAY Thailand made the decision to close Maya Bay in June 2018 to give the ecosystem a chance to recover.
(Excerpt) Read more at mentalfloss.com ...
Somebody should just ask 'em.
You can stand on Marie Osmond’s porch with a dozen red roses and three boxes of candy, and she’ll still have you thrown off her porch.
No it's not...
obummer’s birthplace...
The U.S. Capitol. Even when it’s open to the public they’ll throw you in jail for visiting, let alone protesting.
There used to be a SF bookstore called Forbidden Planet.
And an anarcho-indie bookstore called Forbidden Books.
What about the private bar at Disneyland?
The basement of the Alamo
I wish Stevie Nicks would show up in her birthday suit with a jar of pickles and a bottle of baby oil.
True - Can’t get into Nancy’s Hideaway!
The actual cave has been closed since 1963 to prevent further deterioration of the paintings from too many human visitors. Since 2016, an above ground [entry] museum, LASCAUX IV, that does an excellent job of duplicating the actual cave has opened in near proximity. Recommended!
7. ULURU (FORMERLY AYERS ROCK) [Australia]
You CAN VISIT but climbing to the top of this 335 meter / 1,099 feet sandstone monolith is no longer permitted. You can circumnavigate the 10 kilometer / 6.2 mile base (need lots of water).
Invited inside, jailed as political prisoners.
Several areas of the Nahanni National Park Reserve in Canada about 100 miles north of the Montana are restricted also.
It is a very remote location with some bizarre decapitations documented and native lore of white walkers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahanni_National_Park_Reserve#History
“Hello Doc, my friend was just bitten on the butt by a Golden Lancehead what should I do?...Ok, cut and X and suck the poison out, got it, thanks.”
What did the doc say?
“Doc says you’re going to die.”
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