Places you will never see.

[@GeographyNow]

Just wanted to give you guys another fun little topical video! What are some famous restricted places YOU know of? And what's another topic you might like to see me cover here? Comment below!

[@nillaq]

Snake Island

[@theturquoiseball1255]

Hello Paul! Am I first? From 🇮🇱

[@Dinodude83]

I think some fun things to cover would be a video of just weird facts about different countries and a video about interesting animals in different countries

[@conplayz100]

my ex's apartment

[@landshark5765]

Pancake Island, Canada 😉 No but you should seriously try getting there some day!

[@Animalfriend777]

So fun thing, i have actually been to the Vatican archives. I got a master's degree in library science and studied in Rome briefly and was given a tour with my class. We actually saw Henry VIII's annulment request!

[@GeographyNow]

That’s pretty cool! Although, yeah, you definitely had to be qualified for access!

[@alekm5646]

@@GeographyNow I think it is much easier to acces this place than the other ones you've mentioned though. I'm no expert, but I think that they pretty regularly open the archives for people studying history, so I wouldn't say it's any more restricted than other old archives (but this one is just easily the biggest one)

[@claretravels783]

That is really incredibly cool 🤯

[@AnemoneWindFlower]

nha those you visited are the archives everybody that belongs to cultural associations or similar can visit, they actually organize guided tours. The ones no one can access are the ones where the pope keeps his tresures and other... more sensitive informations.

[@alexgibson781]

Also Qin Shi's tomb is (according to legend) STUFFED with mercury, literally rivers of the stuff, so you'd probably die even if there aren't booby traps.

[@InquisitorThomas]

Yeah apparently soil samples above the tomb have way more trace samples of Mercury than normal.

[@bedrock6443]

What if that was just made up by the elite to make people get off from going to the tomb?

[@nuzayerov]

not even legend anymore, scientists detected high levels of mercury in the area, one of the main reasons archeologists are afraid to explore the place (mercury+traps, sometimes superstitions)

[@MissesWitch]

Can't believe they gave him mercury to become immortal~

[@midloran]

How how did they put the planet under there?

[@ibonical]

Challenge accepted, Barbs...

[@GeographyNow]

Sigh.... Not sure how much a Vatican jail bond is but tell your friends to get ready...

[@ibonical]

@@GeographyNow I was hoping you would bail me out

[@Austine1452]

​@@GeographyNowbarbs pls do a china explained video with thier provinces and culture

[@bathamsteryt]

Mans gonna break into all of them at the same time

[@etoinedevries7583]

Barney Stinson, is that you?

[@leandrodlamas8993]

7:03 Japanese: don't enter to amaterasu's temple. It's disrespectful 😡 Also japanese: imma sneak real quick onto those mountains 😁

[@GeographyNow]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@faenethlorhalien]

Ninjas!!!!!!

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

The Japanese that climbed those mountains were probably far more secular than the ones who refuse to let people into amertasus shrine

[@TheKingOfBeans]

Imma?

[@kirby_tardigrade]

@@TheKingOfBeansI'm going to > I'm gonna > Imma

[@Dorgpoop]

A big reason the tomb of Qin Shi Huang isn't opened is because doing so could damage the historical artifacts inside. The terracotta army was actually fully painted when they were first excavated, but after being exposed to the outside climate that detail was lost. Unlike Egypt, large parts of China have a humid climate that causes artifacts to rot and degrade. In the future technology might develop so that the tomb can be studied without damaging the contents, so it's best to wait right now. A lot of ancient sites like Stonehenge and the pyramids were damaged significantly by archaeologists that were a few centuries premature of being able to do a proper job.

[@toddchavez8274]

They could build a massive climate-controlled dome around the structure.

[@xrq3223]

@@toddchavez8274 it's still too risky

[@leadharsh0616]

Ikr, poor Tutankhamen was so stuck to his sarcophagus that the guy who found it literally tore him off and managed to completely dismember the body.

[@jakobnuernberger94]

The big question is: would opening the tomb and looking at what's inside actually have any significant impact on archaeology? I am by no means an expert in East Asian Studies but I assume that we have more than enough examples of 3rd century BC funerary architecture, burial objects etc.. I don't believe that this is the only ancient chinese mausoleum in existence. Yes, the cultural significance of this is huge, but that is just a reason not to open it. As you said, maybe in the future we might have more advanced tech to get a glimps of whats inside, but I don't think it is actually necessary.

[@toddchavez8274]

@@xrq3223 because of the Mercury and/or traps?

[@joshw.2920]

It is said that another reason why no one excavated the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is that archaeologists have detected extremely strong mercury reactions in the soil around the tomb.

[@clairemacauliffecarroll263]

Barbs, your lively personality is what draws my eight year old daughter who has autism in. She absolutely loves this channel. And it's something we look forward to every night

[@prettypic444]

Dude, are you gonna leave out the LITERAL RIVERS OF LIQUID MERCURY in Qin’s tomb?

[@zachv]

That’s a legend

[@TheWolfgangGrimmer]

@@zachv From the recent samplings, it appears it might not be just a legend.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@TheWolfgangGrimmer Maybe there were originally rivers of mercury down there, but after 2200 years, they probably got absorbed into the soil, so they no longer exist.

[@justagreekdude]

I love videos with interesting topics like this, you should definitely make more!

[@GeographyNow]

Thanks! Yeah, I definitely wanna make more like this! Stay tuned!

[@mizirss]

3 COUNTRIES LEFT, SO EXCITED

[@talos_the_automaton2329]

9:00 The high mercury content in the surrounding soil also makes it very dangerous to explore.

[@tomkatt8274]

that and the ghost of Qin she Huang

[@Dorgpoop]

A lot of the Vatican archives have actually been digitised and made publicly available in recent years. Qualified academics can also apply to access the secret archives for research purposes, but only for a period of up to three months. They're not as secretive as their reputation

[@GeographyNow]

Sure I guess it’s really just the “access” attribute that makes it more elusive

[@abhishekrao1525]

The documents are really old and delicate, some over 1,000 years old. They can't just let anyone in and get their greasy fingers all over it. You'd need a good reason.

[@The-egg-cult.]

Got some irons with ya name on em

[@blizzardwuffy]

This is a fantastic video Barbs, hope we get more things like this from you!

[@rohitsajeev]

Interesting video! Need a part 2!

[@Touhou20246]

I agree

[@storyspren]

So, assuming the priest who guards the holy receptacle in Aksum is also not allowed to peek in, and assuming he's followed that rule, no one actually knows what's in that box and that's wild considering how long it's been in such a prominent place

[@GeographyNow]

Crazy right?

[@Camroc37]

It's in superposition, so if they don't look it is (technically) there

[@Rohcket]

A part 2 would be lit

[@Touhou20246]

Yes I agree

[@trident1125]

The Green Zone in Baghdad came to mind, you can't really get close to the Swords of Qadisiyah. I passed by one of the entrances to the Green Zone and the guards there were ARMED TO THE TEETH

[@t.a4141]

its the seat of the iraqi government so of course they wont let just anyone in.

[@trident1125]

@@t.a4141 Well other places in the world let you visit government landmarks at least from the outside and without that level of clearance and security. BUT IT'S VERY UNDERSTANDABLE WHY IRAQ HAS SECURITY!!!

[@H_M_Q23]

Damn, I'd never heard of the Swords of Qadisiyah before, I looked them up and those things are metal as hell bro, massive too. Looking at Eastern European, Asian, and Middle Eastern architecture makes me wish the USA and Western Europe had more experimental and symbolic architecture around instead of the 500000th freeway, glass and steel rectangle, or marble/plaster roman columns in front of a state building.

[@the__ushanka]

Don't tempt me

[@GeographyNow]

(Standing behind you in a hoodie) ".....do it"

[@the__ushanka]

@@GeographyNow LMAO

[@HipbonesAL]

North America’s largest cave art was found in north Alabama a couple of years ago. The location is not disclosed and probably never will be. I live in north AL too so it could be right around me and I’ll never see it.

[@shroomyesc]

This is because too much human presence (the humidity and co2 we exhale) ruins cave paintings with time right? Iirc some cave art had to have a perfect replica made of it outside in a building because people inside the real cave started degrading the art

[@mudeschuppentier6306]

@@shroomyesc in France yeah, the Lascaux caves (don't quote me on the name I forgor) They had opened it to the public for a while but then because of them breathing near it some mold started growing on the paintings and they closed the caves, but built a replica nearby so people could see what it looks like

[@josephbergeron6542]

This should be a recurring segment. Love it.

[@GeographyNow]

I love making these types of videos! Any suggestion for the next topic?

[@AVV_Beats]

Hardest destinations to reach? Either places just so remote or difficult to reach that no one has ever been there, or just places which for whatever reason are so tough to get access to that they only see a few people per year.

[@abdullahrizwan592]

@@GeographyNow I have a few. The grave of the Prophet Muhammed (SAW), well the inside part at least. You could also technically count the inside of the Kabaa. It's not open to the public.

[@user-bm7uu5mm5n]

Great video! Thanks so much I love learning about the world! I wish geography was taught more in depth at younger ages 😊

[@lewatoaofair2522]

Fiction: Here’s this heavily forbidden place. Remember it because the main cast is going to go there later in the story. Real life: Here’s this heavily forbidden place. You can’t go there, and that’s final.

[@rafaelloaisiga1700]

Love it man! Big fan since a long time. Keep doing this kind of stuff too as complement to your plans after Zimbabwe. There are infinite possibilities and we, the true fans, will always be with you

[@GeographyNow]

Seems like these types of videos are well received! I’ll keep that in mind for more future content!

[@DevSarman]

Mount Kailash also has the same restrictions to Gangkhar Puensum, due to its sacredness to Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bön religions. And it's believed to be the Abode of god Shiva according to Hindu belief. Therefore any attempt at climbing such mountain would be considered a sacrilege.

[@GeographyNow]

Well, then there you go!

[@shreychaudhary4477]

I thought people make pilgrimages to Mount Kailas?

[@zvin824]

​@@shreychaudhary4477 yes but no one climbs it they just see it from the bottom

[@chrisyi2014]

i heard of this haunted building that is in ruins an island in italy, extremely haunted i heard

[@GeographyNow]

Gotta love those Italian Haunted houses, 🤌 🤌

[@paweszymonjasinski7158]

You mean Poveglia island near Venice?

[@-toast-7905]

@@paweszymonjasinski7158 Poveglia is not off limits though, or at least it wasn’t when I went there 10 years ago. There wouldn’t be a reason to keep people away, anyway.

[@user-mg7wh8zq6v]

Bro gave the most vague description of a place and slapped Italy on it to sound legit 😭

[@AlwaysADekaranger]

Fun fact my late grandpa who was part of the reconstruction of japan and part of the 201st Aztec legion after Japan's surrender from world war 2. He enter into there in the Grand Ise Shrine 1:44 and was the only one to do it and took some pictures of the inside and he felt something spiritual that being the sun goddess Amaterasu talking to him with her voice only.

[@george-sn8yt]

Do you have these pictures?

[@Ms666slayer]

A la madre tu abuelo era del escuadrón 201

[@AlwaysADekaranger]

@@george-sn8yt well my grandpa still has them but in someplace in the house that he passed away

[@AlwaysADekaranger]

@@Ms666slayer sip lo ello

[@nihalpathuri5893]

I take this personally and will make it my mission to now visit as many of these places as possible

[@producedbypodcast]

Love this type of videos! More of that please.

[@lutenic6111]

The fact about Vatican archives is mostly Urban legend. Most of the content is accessible to academics via official requests. Most of it has been digitized already.

[@jamescook2412]

I heard there's mercury near 秦始皇's tomb or in the area where more terracota warriors are.

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

They did detect larger amount of trace mercury on the actual funeral mound of the tomb compare to surrounding areas, not the actual terracotta warriors site though. So the whole tomb complex was structured to look like the imperial capital, and the terracotta army was essentially garrison troops, so they were just outside the inner palace area, which contains the actual tomb. There is quite a distance between the two.

[@jhaarbur]

1. Svalbard Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway (Preservation of biological samples) 2. Lascaux Caves, Montignac, France (Restricted to specialists only to preserve the cave art from outside materials) 3. Cave of the Crystals, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico (Dangerous Conditions) 4. Bouvet Island, Norway (Remoteness) 5. Surtsey Island, Iceland (For monitoring ecological evolution) 6. Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Where the USA keeps its gold reserves) 7. Vale do Javari, Brazil (Preserve for indigenous peoples of the area) 8. U.N. buffer zone, Cyprus (Geopolotical treaty) 9. Room 39, North Korea (Secret North Korean Facility) 10. Coca-Cola Vault, Georgia, US (Location where the recipe of Coca Cola is hidden) 11. Heard Island, Australia (Remoteness and Environmental Preservation) 12. Niihau Island, Hawaii, USA (Cultural and environmental preservation; access is heavily limited with only a few exceptions)

[@utubebarry1]

Personal archives of the British Royal family in Windsor Castle... 🇬🇧🏰

[@mhfromnh1421]

honestly, Bhutan is kinda saving their environment with that ban.

[@MSPTV_colormondaysie]

And of course for the well-being of mountaineers. Look what happened to Mt. Everest-it became a graveyard.

[@CleetusReal]

0:07 the last time he wore a normal shirt was in the Tonga video

[@kakonthebed]

Did you go through all the thumbnails to find that out? For 8 likes on a KZbin comment? Damn, respect

[@bofoenss8393]

great video. What about a video of places that were, or still are, but will never be again? Places that in the future will be but a memory.

[@manu_stampfer]

Great video Barby!

[@GeographyNow]

Thank you, and thank you for watching!

[@hakes2]

Talk about historical sights, with your fun format you will rock

[@Ali-bu6lo]

The main reasons the tomb of the first emperor has been left alone is that they haven't yet figured out a way to open it without heavy damage to the tomb and also both according to historic records and tests done on the site there's heavy amounts of mercury in the tomb that can be a hazard if they open it. These plus the booby traps are the explanations given everywhere, you're the first person I've heard that gives this "not opening out of respect" reason.

[@Jon-uo1pu]

不主动挖掘帝王陵，是中国第一任总理周恩来极力主张的政策。 中国对待现存的已探明的大型陵墓的态度是保护维持现状为主，除非发现该陵墓已经被盗墓，或者内部发生重大变故，不得不对其进行抢救性挖掘，以尽量保护文物。 主要原因：尊重死者及其后人；维持墓中现状，保护文物。 近年来，中国比较有成果的考古发现，主要就是两种：一种是建筑施工（盖大楼、修路、修地铁）过程中无意发现的之前未知的墓葬，比如：马王堆汉墓、隋炀帝墓等；另一种是发现被盗墓贼盗过的陵墓，文物保护部门对其进行抢救性挖掘的，比较有名的如:曹操墓、海昏侯墓等。 具体到秦始皇陵，不主动挖掘的里有很多：政策规定、尊重死者；技术不成熟，担心不能很好的保护文物；可能存在的机关、水银等安全因素等。 中国的古代历史足够长，有很多王侯将相的陵墓，越早的很多在历史上都被盗了，也有很多找不到了，还有一些未发现被盗过的，比较出名的有秦始皇陵、刘备惠陵、孙权蒋陵、唐太宗昭陵、唐高宗跟武则天的乾陵、以及明清时期的很多皇帝陵。 这些陵墓中可能保存着很多极高价值的东西：秦始皇的死亡真相、大量的绝版文字资料、中国古代的帝王传承象征传国玉玺、天下第一行书《兰亭序》等无价之宝。以现在的探测和工程技术能力，挖开它们很简单，但是保护好并不容易，理论上来说，保护文物的技术未来会越来越好，所以越晚挖掘越好，这也意味着也许很多人有生之年都看不到它们被打开。

[@GeographyNow]

From my research, that’s what I came across, however, your explanation is also very understandable

[@zolacnomiko]

@@GeographyNow Porque No Los Dos!

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

@@GeographyNow The main reason would be the aforementioned technical reason, the respect thing was more or less thrown around as a minor supporting argument, not the main reason though.

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

@@GeographyNow Also, do you wanna actually go to Xian and the terracotta warriors, now that there's the 144 hour transit visa-free travel for China?

[@OllieRamone]

The tomb has high levels of mercury in there

[@Ihatesrael]

Inside the Kabaa in Mecca

[@МагомедАжуфамунедов]

Why you say so? People go inside of it often

[@masonma2026]

Well although the public can’t go IN, I think I’ve seen pictures of the interior that were posted online

[@WaywardTemplar1314]

Also all of Mecca if you aren’t Muslim

[@t.a4141]

In theory, any Muslim can enter the Kaaba. But in Reality, only those who are authorized by the guardians of the monument have the privilege.

[@mobo7420]

@@WaywardTemplar1314 There are more than a billion Muslims, so quite a lot of people can go. I've literally hugged the Kaaba. This is more like the Mount Athos case, where it's kind of restricted but not super-specialized restricted.

[@jackpotawhiskey614]

Love this kinda content. Thanks barbs!

[@GeographyNow]

Lots of people seem to be commenting that, maybe I will make more!

[@mortezz1268]

Has Barbs ever played Geoguessr?

[@bizmen81]

Ghengis Khan's burial site is also restricted in Mongolia. He never left any documents saying that this was the site but Mongolians accept that location as the burial site. Plus Noah's Ark may or may not be in Northeast Turkey, but Turkey decided to ban anyone from visiting.

[@GeographyNow]

Hmmm, might be a good topics for a “part two version of this video!

[@monkeypie8701]

7:18 China should've been like "how bout you recognise us then?"

[@musicalaviator]

9:26 nice enactment of the British "Discovering" things in Egypt there. Why is the Sphinx in Egypt? Because it was too big for the British to take to England. Otherwise it would totally be at the British Museum right now.

[@ByddinRhyddidCymru]

Maybe if other cultures were even half as good as ours they would’ve been able to defend their artefacts, but much like the 3rd worlders of today, they were too incompetent

[@seabap5673]

Adding all these places to my bucket list

[@chan4est]

I visited the Terracotta Warriors and my guide said that when they tried unearthing the tomb they found a lake of liquid mercury and decided to not continue. She also said that they want to have the appropriate technology to preserve the tomb properly once it is finally opened. The terracotta warriors originally were decorated with vibrant paint but faded away shortly after being rediscovered and unearthed.

[@firstcynic92]

I'm a bit surprised you didn't include Lascaux cave in France. That's where the best Paleolithic cave art was found. It's closed to all but a small number of archeologists. The French government even made a replica of the cave nearby for the public to visit. Then there's also Bikini Atoll. It's still too radioactive to visit. That's what happens when 27 nukes are detonated in a small area (not all at once). Watch out for Godzilla if you go near there. The Svalbard seed vault is also very heavily restricted, though some KZbin celebs have gone in. The bunkers that remain under the Reich Chancellery cannot be accessed, but apparently there's nothing left in them and they are mostly flooded.

[@zachv]

Because you can see, it’s identical clone on an actual tour It’s not like you can only see pictures in a museum somewhere. No, they re-created the entire cave.

[@caleboni01]

Kongobu-ji Okuno-in. Okonoin Cemetery in Japan has the mausoleum where Kukai (Founder of Shingon Buddhism) lies in eternal meditation. We toured it and weren't even able to take photos of the building in general, but we walked around it. You cannot enter the building, but i'm not sure if any caretakers can.

[@lucasmiguel1498]

I really like this video! Great idea!

[@NAEDITZ777]

COUNTRY BALLS BETTER

[@teroristi6107]

the secret cavern underneath the king of Norway's castle housing really old troll bones

[@zakuraiyadesu]

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

[@BrownCrewmate1]

There is another place in Bhutan that is heavily restricted to enter. It’s a mediation room of Zhabdrung Rinpoche at Punakha Dzong. It has been the chamber where Zhabdrung Rinpoche went to during his later life to meditate in. No one is allowed to enter the chamber other than the Head of State and Religion (The King and Je Khenpo) and the monk who is supposed to bring the food for the Zhabdrung. Most people who visit the Dzong have been allowed to front of the chamber’s entrance but no commoner has been ever allowed to visit the chamber since the presumed death of the Zhabdrung.

[@aster144]

Akihito has already abdicated as the emperor. Sayako is the younger sister of current emperor Naruhito.

[@nerdygem8620]

Ise Jingu is also completely rebuilt every 20 years. In fact at the outer shrine there are empty plots right next to each shrine (there are several) and they alternate between them.

[@MrR2TheZ]

Thanks for all the DnD ideas.

[@kristofferhellen7499]

The Gulf of Finland Islands were taken from Finland after the Winter War and are now a restricted military zone completely off limits. Before they cleaned it up recently, it was still littered with junk from WW2.

[@bjtkyo]

Love the videos but what is with those weird electronic tones playing in the background?

[@zachv]

Just free stuff from the KZbin audio library

[@sourabhdalvi4225]

🙏🙏🏔️🏔️Peak of the Mount Kailash, Tibet Autonomous Province, China. It is considered as the home of Lord Shiva and his family. Very sacred to the Hindus and very difficult to access to the normal people🏔️🏔️🙏🙏

[@Bln-f9u]

In German the Arc of the Covenant is „Bundeslade”… I used to think as a kid, that it was a german holy relict lol

[@loner844]

I'm pretty sure I went into Ise Grand Shrine when I was an exchange student in Japan. Its one of the first places they took me... 🤨

[@chisank]

lovin the stache barbs!

[@ItalianCountryball11]

Today is my birthday, Barbs! 8:11 Learned about them in my ELA class.

[@cameronpottle5409]

I'm a little surprised the Turkish controlled areas of Cyprus weren't covered. It's been left alone for so long that there's still a dealership with brand new Toyota's from the 1970's

[@a2falcone]

Do you mean the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus? People live there and you can go. Maybe you're thinking of the UN Buffer Zone between the Republic of Cyrpus and Northern Cyprus?

[@zachv]

Really especially when he made a video about him going there

[@zachv]

@@a2falcone even if he was the guy making the video went there

[@indetermite]

9:24 "China takes these things very seriously" *Laughs in Mao Ze Dong's voice*

[@therealmeditoonglove]

Why was the St. Vincent and The Grenadines episode with no reverb? The audio was nice and clean, loved it. Now the reverb bugs me a lot.

[@theundiscoveredjourney_]

The North Sentinel island in Andaman & Nicobar islands chain located in India is also prohibited to visit. It is home to one of the oldest tribe on the planet, the Sentinelese people.

[@finalascent]

Michael Heizer's project City might qualify for this list. For decades he excavated this massive land-art piece, out of sight of the public in a distant corner of eastern Nevada. For those few brave/determined enough to try to take a sneak peek, they were allegedly met with warning shots. Now that it's completed, it's available to the public, on an extremely limited basis - a lottery opens up with a handful of slots, and only a few visiting days per year. Expensive, too.

[@ThurstonCyclist]

In Prague, Czechia, the attic of the Old-New Synagogue. You can enter into the main part of the building, but the attic is the alleged resting place of the Golem of Prague.

[@rishabhsingh3697]

Hiya barbs, you could include Mt Kailash in tibet

[@vedantsriram3746]

Two Places in India are: 1. The Anantha Padmanaba Swamy Temple which has 7 doors. The first six doors have been opened by the government and even found treasures worth more than 2 trillion USD (thank god the British didnt open it and StEaL) belive me or not buy 2TRILLION!!!! But the seventh door is strictly of limits, the door has the most complicated lock which is of great mathematical complexity. Its said that the world will see its end if the door has been opened and that Hindu gods will curse the universe. The royal family of the temple and its surrounding villages have spoken to the govt to not open it. Even the British were scared to Open it. 2. Mt. Kailash in the Himalayas is one of the most sacred places in my religion that is Hinduism. It is the home of THE MOST IMPORTANT GOD IN HINDUISM i.e. LORD SHIVA. People will die if they try climbing that mountain due to extreme radiation levels. Its exactly in the India-China border. And India has banned climbing of thr mountain and hindus respect that and see from the down when the visit as pilgrims. But like what happened in Bhutan, Some Russian scientists sent by china tried climbing the mountain from the chinese side. Its just the most frustrating thing that our most sacred place is owned half by china due to modern geopolitics

[@GeographyNow]

Okay THAT is interesting!!! 🇮🇳

[@vedantsriram3746]

@GeographyNow Barbs!!!! I just can't Believe this!!!! Thank you for replying me!!!! I love your videos so much!!! I started watching you since the letter B!!! If you ever want to know something about India, you can contact me!!! You've been one of the main reasons for me to get into Geography and History, thank you, you don't know how much of a role model you are for me

[@ronweasley1354]

My uncle shook hands with Pope Benedict and got a picture but one of their heads was cut off, so next time he went he asked if they had photos archived and they did. He knew it was a lot of photos to go through to find it but wanted to get it if they had a copy.. it was the 6th photo they pulled out

[@brandonguardado7711]

In Puerto Rico, underneath Old San Juan, there is supposedly a whole chanel of tunnels that connect the various Castles and Fortresses around the isle. The only people that are know to supposedly have access to using these tunnels are the Governor of the island and his family in case of any emergencies. This is because one of the tunnels is known to connect from La Fortaleza (Governors Residence) and El Morro (The most famous castle/fortress of the island).

[@antiisocial]

Cool. Ty!

[@wict5405]

Too tempting to know, now I want to go to these places 😭

[@keelahrose]

The restricted place I most want to visit is that little black box in the middle of Mecca.

[@MatthewBigbuildings]

I visited Vatican Archives in 2018 with a special trip managed by an association of librarians. It costs 60 euros, but it was an extraordinary experience. Of course we weren't allow to take photographs inside the Archives.

[@bbwlc]

Didn't have the desire to sneak into any one of these places but now that you mention it...............

[@GeographyNow]

What have I begun….

[@diannegolubski6645]

Well, how about a place you can go to - Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, that has been not fully explored! They have mapped about 415 miles of it, but how much more of it has never seen one human footprint? You should do a topical episode on underground geography!

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Some parts of what used to be RAF Fauld. RAF Fauld was the largest bomb store in WW2. And it went up. It's one of the biggest non nuclear explosions in history. Some parts you can explore, but other parts are strictly verboten (unstable, fire damaged explosives anyone?) to avoid new explosions. It is not under the military anymore, but yes, TECHNICALLY you're not meant to go there by definition (and it's owned by the Ministry of Defence) but plenty of people have blundered into it/deliberately committed trespass over the years. Oh, and it's a huge wooded crater, as you would expect.

[@pemdechen6300]

Hi Barbs, if you want to go to Bhutan - I can get you there. Your video on Bhutan is fantastic too.

[@thorpizzle]

I don't believe we have seen the Flag Day episode for Vietnam yet. Do you have something special planned for the last few flags?

[@zachv]

He already uploaded it to his short tab. It’s not so hard to go over to the short tab and see the video.

[@thorpizzle]

@@zachv No need to be rude. The short didn't pop up in my feed, so I didn't know it was there.

[@-i1007]

I mean the courtyard in front of the archives is actually open to the public but the door is locked

[@Rafaelrealizado]

I think places submerged,because many reasons: hydroelectric plants or Dams, or inundations or places below sea level very inaccessible.

[@ServirLaPaix]

I was in Xian last February, near the Qin Shi Huang mausoleum. The more "official" reason is that current archeologists do not have the technology to dig in properly. So the authorities will rather wait to have more futuristic tools to check and try to scan the dirt.

[@stingray4988]

Rearding the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China actually has a law about ancient site excavation, it is illegal to take the initiative to excavate an known site. Archeologists can excavate a site only in the event for instance, during the construction they found a tomb then archeologists can come in.

[@ThatGuyWithoutTheGlasses]

Imagine someone actually goes to these places

[@sallymay24]

Missed one Arys rock or ularu in Australia It was open to walk up but was close to the public and only aboriginal elders can

[@GeographyNow]

Crazy how they JUST recently did that, thankfully, you can still drive up to the rock and see it. I don’t need to climb up it, it’s beautiful enough as it is on the ground.

[@sallymay24]

@@GeographyNow was closed for climbers in 2019 but yeh you can still walk around it and touch the rock at the bottom

[@heichan8657]

I've been to Ise shrine, of course not inside but just the outside, but still it is a great place to visit just around the area

[@Joe_from_Rio]

The access to Lascaux in France is heavily restricted. The original caves have been closed to the public since 1963, as their condition was deteriorating. Only researchers can enter, and for no more than 200 hours per year.

[@zachv]

So you can go to the perfectly made clone right next-door

[@Joe_from_Rio]

@@zachv you can see the replicates, but you won't have access to the originals.

[@isaacbobjork7053]

Makes me think of Mr Ballen's "Places you cannot go to, but people did anyway"

[@christinashelby6083]

Not quite the same, but I am still sour that gates kept us away from that giant eyeball in Dallas.

[@ronald9279]

As far as mountain climbing in Bhutan, have anyone seen the images of mnt everest, tons of garage and the dead

[@bpeezy2254]

There's a guy in Metamora, Indiana that says he has the Ark of the Covenant in Metamora Castle. Can't remember the story, but you also can't go in and see it.

[@mobo7420]

That's ridiculous, why would it be in Indiana.

[@nathanolds6863]

You should check out the Granite Mountain Records Vault where the LDS church keeps its records.

[@LaunchKaffee]

9:20 True, China would never destroy their own culture *cough* *Cultural revolution* *cough*

[@the_dirty_yetiofficial9117]

-4000000000000000000000000 social credit.

[@EarthWalkerMan]

It used to be Gornja Siga / Liberland as there was no way you could enter legally, as Croatian authorities blocked entrance from every side. But since Aug 2023, they have allowed EU citizens to visit. If you are a non EU citizen, you get an automatic ban from Croatia and Liberland/Gornja Siga up to 90 days or, in some cases, even more.

[@GeographyNow]

I have a feeling that is definitely not gonna stop anybody😂😂

[@zolacnomiko]

The first thing I thought of was Uluru, which tourists used to climb all over all of the time, but this is no longer allowed as it is SUPER DISRESPECTFUL, so the top of Uluru is not a place you will see anymore!

[@justinsimmonds5674]

One place no one will ever see is the rooms in Area 51 where they keep the aliens.

[@Wezdie]

Yeah cuz they don't exist