10 Of The Most Forbidden Places on Earth We Dare You To Go
Are you brave enough To Visit The Most Forbidden Places in the world?
Top Five Places You Cant Visit Below
North Brother Island, USA Each year New York welcomes millions of tourists, eagerly itching to visit every corner of the city, with the exception of one. Access is banned to North Brother Island without gaining authorization first, as all its buildings are in a threatening state of run. On the inside, nature continues to eat up the deserted structures and ruins of what used to once be the city’s quarantine hospital. First reported in 1614, the history of North Brother Island’s past is intertwined with death and disease: in the 1880s and right into the 1940s, the site quarantined people with highly contagious illnesses. All those who passed away there were stashed in the island’s morgue. From 1951, it was used as a rehabilitation center for drug addicts. In 1963, North Brother Island was abandoned, and it became the property of New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, and they now continue to manage the site as a bird sanctuary.
4) Ise Grand Shrine, Japan The Grand Shrine of Ise is an extremely trivial place to the Shinto religion, as it was built to honor Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun and the universe. Shockingly, the shrine was built without a single nail. Even more surprisingly, this temple is recreated every 20 years, according to the Shinto idea of death and rebirth (most recently, it took place in 2013). And every time they reconstruct the shrine anew, they continue to use the wood joining technique and never make use of nails. To maintain its holiness, only priests and imperial family members can go inside. The rest can gaze at the temple from the outside, through wooden fences.
3) Surtsey Island, Iceland The island of Surtsey in Iceland was birthed 55 years ago as a result of a volcanic eruption, which led to scientists seizing the unique opportunity to observe the formation and evolution of an ecosystem from scratch. This wondrous event is exactly what makes its access restricted to the outside world. It all started in 1963, when a violent volcanic eruption led to the formation of Surtsey, one of the newest islands on the planet. Because of water and wind erosion, the island has been decreasing in size ever since. Research has suggested that in relation to the present rate of erosion, Surtsey could be at sea level by the year 2100. Bacteria, fungi, and moulds were the initial occupants of the island. Due to this, the number of animal and plant species increased drastically. According to the UNESCO, it’s currently estimated that around 89 species of birds and 335 invertebrates populate the area. In order to keep the island in this state, only researchers are allowed to visit the island.
2) North Sentinel Island, India It would seem that while the remaining islands in this archipelago are generally bigger and better known, North Sentinel, filled with mangroves and surrounded by coral, has remained seemingly untouched by the rest of the world. It might sound like paradise but the island is a far cry from it. While its geography makes it one of the most deserted places on Earth, it is home to of the world’s few remaining un-contacted tribes. The indigenous people of this island, known as the Sentinelese, have had practically no influence from the modern world. All through history, encounters with the population have been returned with violence. In 2006, they murdered two fishermen whose boat had been dragged by the current to their shores. A three-mile restriction zone now appears to be crossing the island to prevent visitors from entering the territory, it has been reported that the Indian government has abandoned any plans to contact the sentinels. The entire tribe could be obliterated by diseases to which they have no immunity, which is why authorities respect their wish to remain uncontacted.
1) Lascaux Caves, France Majority of UNESCO World Heritage sites are open to the public, but they are certain exceptions. A perfect example of this are, the Lascaux Caves in France. These caves have been banned to enter since 1963, due to them possibly being comprised by a series of fungal invasions as a result of a large number of visitors. This led to the revelation that any human presence is a threat to the caves. In order to preserve 900 examples of prehistoric art going back to the Paleolithic era, tourists are no longer allowed inside. Presently, these caves can only be accessed by security guards, but even they have been subjected to several limitations and restrictions. They are allowed to enter the caves once a week and can only spend only a few minutes inside.
