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.
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My husband did so in 1975 and has the patch and slides to show for the feat. He photographed hawks and said it was glorious.
I chickened out where the chain hand rail ended. We both took the tour that included going inside the Birth Cave (paraphrased; I don’t recall what it is really named).
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