Your love for travelling can be best described as unconditional and your urge to explore the unknown remains satiated for no longer than a couple of days of having returned from the last trip. We understand. When was the last time you saw your breath condense to crystals?
The lowest recorded temperature of Whoever asked you to learn English before going to South America has clearly not done their homework. The Spaniards definitely managed to conquer Guatemala territorially, but the country made way for its indigenous languages to thrive for all these years. Thanks to a mining project gone wrong, Turkmenistan till date spots a huge crater at the site. So while the Indian citizens are under public scrutiny to give up gas subsidy, Turkmenstanis are provided the same, for free.
Indians and courtesy get along well; only as long as you forget about your table manners in China though. Its capital, Concordia, for instance, is based in a remote rural province of Australia — it is occupied by more kangaroos than people. In fact, of all the countries Middleton has looked at, this is the closest to his starting point, Narnia — since the artists claim that any time you enter a dream, or let your mind wander, you have also crossed a border and temporarily taken a trip into Elgaland-Vargaland.
Atlantium and Elgaland-Vargaland may be a little too fanciful for most people to take very seriously — Middleton admires them more as an attempt to provoke wider debate on international relations. New countries are always being born, while old ones vanish. In Depth Planet. Share using Email. By David Robson 4th November There really is a secret world of hidden independent nations, with their own populations, governments — and football leagues.
It feels like you have entered a parallel world with a vibrant, forgotten history and a rich culture. Murrawarri wrote a letter to Queen Elizabeth II asking her to prove her legitimacy to govern their land — they gave her 30 days to reply.
Christiania is a tiny enclave in the heart of Copenhagen, founded by a group of squatters in a former army barracks. Anyone, anywhere, can become a citizen of Atlantium. Any time you have travelled abroad, you have passed through Elgaland-Vargaland. Around the BBC. With the intense security that surrounds the vault and the design of the vault itself, there is very little likelihood that anyone will get into the vault. Your money in the bank vault is probably less secure than the Coca Cola vault.
How does that make you feel about the security of your bank? Coca Cola's recipe is the secret to their success as a company, so they obviously do not want anyone to know the recipe. That is why they have the vault and the secrecy. At least they do offer visitors the opportunity to see the vault and tour the museum. But absolutely no one will see the inside of the vault. This is by far the most secretive piece of land in all of the United Kingdom, and no one knows for sure what goes on in this military installation.
What is known about the base is that it was originally used for spying and intelligence-gathering during the Cold War. Because of the secrecy, there have been a large number of protests leading to politicians calling for more transparency about what goes on at Menwith Hill Royal Air Force Station. Military installations have existed all over the world for hundreds of years. However, the difference between sites like Menwith Hill Royal Air Force Station and sites a century ago is the level of secrecy and access that today's military bases have.
Because of the secrecy associated with today's military installations, there is very limited access to these locations.
And with limited access comes conspiracy theories. We will probably never know, and the secrecy makes for an intriguing picture about the spy world and the secrecy of military bases in the UK and the US. The vault is designed to hold 4. The idea is to keep seed populations safe in the event of a localized disaster, but many people believe the seed vault is designed for a "doomsday" scenario in case the world needs to be reseeded.
Whatever the case may be, no one is allowed to visit the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Norway was chosen as the site of the global seed vault because it is naturally a cold place, which means equipment do not need to be used to keep the seeds stable. Also, the relatively low humidity is ideal for storing things like seeds.
However, probably the biggest reason Norway was chosen is because the world trusts Norway, and the country is relatively safe. But that does not stop the need for security at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Because of the need to keep the seeds safe, security is very tight at this location. There are no tours available, and only the highest privileged people have any sort of access. This may also mean that there is more to Svalbard Global Seed Vault than actually meets the eye.
However, it very quickly transitioned into a gambling and private gentlemen's club. The club is very exclusive and expensive to join, with notable members including the British Royal Family's male members. Over the centuries, the power that has walked through those doors has shaped the history of Britain and the world at large.
Gentlemen's clubs have been around for a very long time, serving as a gathering place for men all over the world. But they have almost always maintained an air of secrecy and are usually very exclusive. In Russia, there is a place called Mezhgorye that is so secret that no one knows for sure what lies there or what the purpose of the military base could be. Built as a "public works project" to house nuclear missiles during the Cold War, Mezhgorye is now officially closed to the public.
The site is built into the Ural Mountains, and it is believed that there are bunkers built right into the sides of Mount Yamantau. Rumors abound that Mezhgorye is a town that can hold up to 60, people with enough food and water to last some time. Also, there is supposedly an air filtration system that will filter out nuclear waste in the event of nuclear war. It is pretty much accepted that Mezhgorye houses some of Russia's nuclear arsenal, and it is believed that a program is run out of the base that will allow those missiles to be fired even if no one is alive to fire them.
There are many secret military bases around the world, but because Mezhgorye is in Russia, it is probably one of the most secretive. And because of that, the site is closed to outsiders. But that does not stop rumors from swirling about the real purpose of the site. The Tomb of Qin Shi Huang was discovered by people digging a well in As they were digging, they came across some lifesize clay soldiers.
These were but a few of thousands of unique individual clay soldiers who were carefully crafted to guard the tomb of the first Chinese Emperor. There is a literal army of terracotta clay soldiers surrounding the main Tomb of Qin Shi Huang. It is believed that each soldier is unique from the rest in their garb, facial expressions, and weapons.
This enormous mausoleum is designed to pay tribute to the man that led a unified China in the third century BC. While visitors are allowed to see the terracotta army of soldiers and some of the items found in the tomb, the main tomb is completely off limits, due to respect for the burial rights.
However, it is believed that there is a vast treasure buried with Qin Shi Huang, and that proves to be tantalizing. The terracotta army is guarding the Emperor and his treasure and continues to do so even thousands of years after Qin Shi Huang was lain to rest in his tomb. But it is what lies buried with him that is the big secret that no one will ever know. Fort Knox is probably the most protected place in the world. This is the Bullion Depository of the United States, where literal tons of precious metals are stored in the largest and most secure vault in the world.
No one knows for sure the protections that encircle the vault. Some believe there are even land mines in place to keep intruders and would-be thieves out. It is known what the vault building itself is made of. There are 4, cubic yards of concrete in the vault, 16, cubic feet of granite, and tons of reinforced steel.
But what exactly is stored at Fort Knox? Well, for starters, it is not just precious metals. This includes one of the copies of Magna Carta and previously included the royal crown of Hungary during the Cold War. Despite speculation about what is and is not in Fort Knox and the Bullion Repository or thoughts about what is protecting that treasure, this place is still the most guarded vault in the world. No one knows for sure exactly what is inside, and no one can get in to find out.
Woomera Test Range is the largest land-based test firing range in the world. It is , square kilometers 47, square miles , larger than the area of Portugal. What could go on at a military test firing range that is larger than an entire country?
The Woomera Test Range is used by Australia and its allies for testing weapons and war games. That means that the site is used for dropping bombs, firing missiles, and generally blowing things up. All of this means that visitors are strictly prohibited from visiting the site or setting foot on the range, evidently for good reason.
With constant bombardment, it is extremely dangerous for anyone to be on the Woomera Test Range, especially civilian visitors. For an area the size of a country to be restricted is pretty difficult. But the Australian military does a good job of keeping the area secure and people off the grounds.
But the questions remain: What exactly goes on at the Woomera Test Range? Is such a large area really necessary for military test drills?
Or is there something more sinister about this Australian bombing range? There are, after all, many places in the world that are restricted due to danger of military exercises, and most of those are not the size of this Australian location. Is Metro 2 a secret train line below the streets of Moscow?
That is the rumor, although it is claimed that if the subway line does exist, no one will ever find or see it. It is said that Metro 2 was built by Stalin at the beginning of the Cold War to connect the most important government buildings in Moscow: the Kremlin, the Federal Security Service, and the airport.
It consists of a single track that makes these connections possible. That means that a government agent could get from the Kremlin to the airport without going out on the streets of the city. In fact, the only thing that is known about Metro 2 is what is heard in rumors. From a novel published in , the rumor began since the author claimed the setting of the story was real. In , a former government official declared that the train line existed to connect the Kremlin to Stalin's Dacha outside the city.
Whatever the case may be, the speculation and occasional rumors are enough to continue to fuel the fire that a Metro 2 exists under the streets of Moscow.
Even if it does exist, it is unlikely that anyone will ever see it unless they are authorized to use it. The Bohemian Grove is an exclusive "boys' club" located on 2, acres of California redwoods. It is fairly right wing, and prominent members include every Republican President since Coolidge, as well as titans of industry, several politicians, and occasionally, an artist or two.
The club has been around for over years and continues to hold a type of power over things such as commerce, industry, and politics in the United States that no other group has ever had. For two weeks a year, these men get together for an outing in the forest. What goes on during this meet is extremely secretive. To get into the Bohemian Grove, it is necessary to be invited, either by asking to join or a group of current members getting together and inviting you.
The Bohemian Grove is typical of secret clubs.
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