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Zilch5 Vogon Poet
Great Old One Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1527 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Gender: Male |
 Posted: 12-03-2013 02:33 Post subject: Secret spots: 10 places you will never visit |
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Good article about places we "may" never be able to visit. But - things do change - just remember the Brandenburg Gate was once such a place...
| Quote: | Snake Island
LOCATION Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Sao Paulo State, Brazil
NEAREST POPULATION HUB Sao Paulo
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SECRECY OVERVIEW Access restricted: a snake-infested island off-limits to visitors.
RAF Menwith Hill
LOCATION North Yorkshire, England
NEAREST POPULATION HUB Harrogate
SECRECY OVERVIEW Operations classified: a US-run base purported to be part of the ECHELON surveillance system.
The Queen's bedroom, Buckingham Palace
LOCATION Westminster, London, England
NEAREST POPULATION HUB London
SECRECY OVERVIEW High-security location: the private chamber of the Queen.
Chapel of the Ark of the Covenant
LOCATION Northern Ethiopia
NEAREST POPULATION HUB Axum
SECRECY OVERVIEW Access restricted: the purported home of the Ark of the Covenant.
Dulce Base
LOCATION Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
NEAREST POPULATION HUB Albuquerque, New Mexico
SECRECY OVERVIEW Existence unacknowledged: believed by some to be home of an underground extraterrestrial base.
Wildenstein Art Collection
LOCATION Stored around the world. Headquartered in Paris.
NEAREST POPULATION HUB Paris, France
SECRECY OVERVIEW Location uncertain: said to be the most valuable private art collection in the world.
The Amber Room
LOCATION Purportedly in an underground cavern on the German-Czech border
NEAREST POPULATION HUB Chemnitz, Germany
SECRECY OVERVIEW Site of historic mystery: an ornate room seized by the Nazis and later lost.
North Sentinel Island
LOCATION Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal
NEAREST POPULATION HUB Port Blair, Great Andaman
SECRECY OVERVIEW Access restricted: a remote island whose people reject contact with the outside world.
The Tomb of Genghis Khan
LOCATION Assumed to be in the Khentii Province of eastern Mongolia
NEAREST POPULATION HUB Ulan Bator
SECRECY OVERVIEW Location uncertain: last resting place of the legendary Mongol leader.
Woomera Prohibited Area
LOCATION Woomera, Australia
NEAREST POPULATION HUB Adelaide, South Australia
SECRECY OVERVIEW Operations classified: the world's largest land-based weapons testing |
Detailed descriptions and photos at the link:
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/secret-spots-10-places-you-will-never-visit-20130311-2fvll.html |
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| oldrover Great Old One Joined: 18 Oct 2009 Total posts: 2147 Location: Wales Gender: Male |
| Posted: 13-03-2013 18:47 Post subject: |
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| I'll never go but my uncle spent a lot of time at the Woomera facility. |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2001 Total posts: 13561 Location: Eh? Gender: Male |
| Posted: 13-03-2013 19:25 Post subject: |
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| Maybe this should be 10 Places You Will Never Visit Unless You Have an Official Reason for Doing So? |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17933 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 13-03-2013 23:56 Post subject: |
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| oldrover wrote: | | I'll never go but my uncle spent a lot of time at the Woomera facility. |
What type of Aliens do they keep there? |
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| Zilch5 Vogon Poet
Great Old One Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1527 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Gender: Male |
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| oldrover Great Old One Joined: 18 Oct 2009 Total posts: 2147 Location: Wales Gender: Male |
| Posted: 14-03-2013 19:36 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | oldrover wrote:
I'll never go but my uncle spent a lot of time at the Woomera facility.
What type of Aliens do they keep there? |
Despite what we put him through he never talked, a brave man.
As for the other thing highlighted by Zilch, pretty grim. |
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