18 Forbidden Places You Can't Visit

Mental Floss ^ | Y MICHELE DEBCZAK

[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.

[NCC-1701]

Back in 1987, I climbed Uluru. Beautiful view from the top.

[Trinity5]

Sounds like someone just watched a new movie on Amazon Prime...

[BenLurkin]

;^)

[Ezekiel]

You are not far from the Kingdom of God.

I love that cultural icon, because truly... ask any regular guy on the street, and he can inform the experts the location of the Ark of the Covenant, without even having to think about it.

What's in those US Government warehouses: acronyms, and acronyms of acronyms, serial numbers.

This is going to get good.

With God all things are possible. He can put time in a bottle. People who believe that know -- just flip it over:

Joseph... governor over all of Egypt, the place famous for its sands of time, riddle of the Sphinx, the weird stuff Moses knew, and of course,

King Tut

He gave his life for tourism.

[Deplorable American1776]

19: Maxine Waters house in her district. 🤓

[fella]

Plum Island, where tick born diseases were weaponized.

[Disambiguator]

You mean the Masonic club?

[a fool in paradise]

Club 33

[steve86]

Was this actually rock climbing or was there a circumferential trail?

[seowulf]

Ironically, you can visit the Forbidden City.

[Secret Agent Man]

it really is not an issue, as none of these places I have any desire to see

kinda defangs it right there

[Disambiguator]

You can visit there, under certain circumstances (like probably being a high-level Mason).

[1Old Pro]

Don’t forget ...The Capital

[BenLurkin]

Oh go on. You know you want to wander around Chernobyl on a sunny day.

[a fool in paradise]

i haven’t been to the Forbidden City but I have heard the theme song

John Buck And His Blazers - Forbidden City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fl3RjPx4FM

[MplsSteve]

“Is there a list of Forbidden Places that I CAN visit?”

LOL

[Hootowl]

Illinois officials want you to visit Chicago. They need more targets.

[Hootowl]

You can’t visit something that doesn’t exist.

[NCC-1701]

The first 300 feet or so is a steep grade but there is/was a post and chain hand rail you needed to grab to keep from falling off. After that, there was a marked trail that wort of did a switchback up to the top. I didn’t time it but it probably took about 30 to 45 minutes to get to the top, less going down if you didn’t stop. I got a couple of rocks from the top of the Rock as souvenirs.

[Woodman]

I’ve been to one before it made the forbidden list. I’m sure I’ve been to quite few other places that are now off limits. Amazing what you could still do in the 60’s and 70’s compared to today.