There are many beautiful places all around the world, which are worthwatching. When we are tarvelling, most of us is visiting places, which are very popular between tourists. But are there places, which are hidden before them? Absolutely!
Today I would like to show you places, which travelers never mention.
1. Kofun, Japan
Interesting picture, but what is it? It's Kofun, megalithic tombs or tumuli in Japan. It has been built between the early 3rd century and the early 7th century AD. Many Kofun have distinctive keyhole-shaped mounds, which are tipical for to ancient Japan. Kofun burial mounds and their remains have been found all over Japan. The most notable example in the late Yayoi period is Tatetsuki Mound Tomb in Kurashiki, Okayama. The mound is about 45 metres wide and 5 metres high and has a shaft chamber.
There are many conspiracy theories about Area 51. The most famous one is the storage, examination, and reverse engineering of crashed alien spacecraft, including material supposedly recovered at Roswell, the study of their occupants, and the manufacture of aircraft based on alien technology.
The perimeter of the base is marked out by orange posts and patrolled by guards in white pickup trucks and camouflage fatigues. The guards are popularly referred to as "cammo dudes" by enthusiasts.
Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility located within the Nevada Test and Training Range. The facility is officially called Homey Airport (KXTA) or Groom Lake, named after the salt flat situated next to its airfield. Details of the facility's operations are not publicly known, but the USAF says that it is an open training range, and it most likely supports the development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems.
Ise Grand Shrine is Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine and dates back to the 3rd Century. It is considered to be the spiritual home of the Japanese and its national religion Shinto, and as such receives over six million pilgrims and tourists every year.
You can only see part of the main shrine buildings as they are almost completely hidden from view behind wooden fences. The inner sanctum can only be entered by members of the imperial family and a few select shrine priests. It is such a holy site that the head priest or priestess must come from the imperial family.
You are also not allowed to take pictures of the main shrine buildings. This only adds to the mystery and mystic of the place.
We all know how what Mount Rushmore is. Four heads of the greatest american presidents carved in the rock. But who have heard about Mount Rushmore Hall of Records?
It is a secret room inside Mount Rushmore that's used to store important US documents.
It has been onceived in the 1930s by the monument's designer, Gutzon Borglum, the Hall was designed to be a vault for a selection of documents chronicling America's history.
But Borglum died in 1941, which means he never got to see that vision come to life. More than 50 years later, in 1998, monument officials revived the sculptor's dream of installing a record of the country's history inside the Hall.
There are many other places on earth that are equally beautiful. I consider the ones mentioned to be the most interesting. You probably knew some of these places before, but I hope you found one of them that you heard about for the first time.
2. Area 51, USA
There are many conspiracy theories about Area 51. The most famous one is the storage, examination, and reverse engineering of crashed alien spacecraft, including material supposedly recovered at Roswell, the study of their occupants, and the manufacture of aircraft based on alien technology.
The perimeter of the base is marked out by orange posts and patrolled by guards in white pickup trucks and camouflage fatigues. The guards are popularly referred to as "cammo dudes" by enthusiasts.
Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility located within the Nevada Test and Training Range. The facility is officially called Homey Airport (KXTA) or Groom Lake, named after the salt flat situated next to its airfield. Details of the facility's operations are not publicly known, but the USAF says that it is an open training range, and it most likely supports the development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems.
3. Ise Grand Shrine, Japan
Ise Grand Shrine is Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine and dates back to the 3rd Century. It is considered to be the spiritual home of the Japanese and its national religion Shinto, and as such receives over six million pilgrims and tourists every year.
You can only see part of the main shrine buildings as they are almost completely hidden from view behind wooden fences. The inner sanctum can only be entered by members of the imperial family and a few select shrine priests. It is such a holy site that the head priest or priestess must come from the imperial family.
You are also not allowed to take pictures of the main shrine buildings. This only adds to the mystery and mystic of the place.
4. Sable Island, Canada
Sable Island is called also "island of sand". What is suprising (or not), only about 30 people live there.
It is famous for its large number of shipwrecks. An estimated 350 vessels are believed to have fallen victim to the island's sand bars. Thick fogs, treacherous currents, and the island's location in the middle of a major transatlantic shipping route and rich fishing grounds account for the large number of wrecks.
The interesting fact is, that Sable Island is briefly featured in the 2000 feature film The Perfect Storm, which depicts the sinking of the fishing vessel Andrea Gail near Sable, although the island is erroneously portrayed with trees and a giant stone lighthouse.
5. Mount Rushmore Hall of Records
We all know how what Mount Rushmore is. Four heads of the greatest american presidents carved in the rock. But who have heard about Mount Rushmore Hall of Records?
It is a secret room inside Mount Rushmore that's used to store important US documents.
It has been onceived in the 1930s by the monument's designer, Gutzon Borglum, the Hall was designed to be a vault for a selection of documents chronicling America's history.
But Borglum died in 1941, which means he never got to see that vision come to life. More than 50 years later, in 1998, monument officials revived the sculptor's dream of installing a record of the country's history inside the Hall.
There are many other places on earth that are equally beautiful. I consider the ones mentioned to be the most interesting. You probably knew some of these places before, but I hope you found one of them that you heard about for the first time.
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