5 places in the world that the public is prohibited from going

by Justin Mendoza

You’ve probably thought about a bunch of the places you want to go, for one reason or another. But have you ever thought about the places in this world you are prohibited from visiting? Well, you’re about to learn about a few in my list of the top five places in the world the public can’t visit.

5: IIha da Queimada Grande                          

IIha da Queimada Grande, also known as Snake Island, is one of the most interesting places in this world you are not allowed to go and see. Snake Island is located off the coast of Brazil, and if you guessed that this island has snakes on it, you are correct. In fact, Snake Island is infested with snakes! Some estimate that the island has one snake per every square meter. This island is closed to the public, in order to protect its population of rare snakes such as the critically endangered and venomous Bothrops Insularis, which lives on a diet of birds. Some of the most deadliest snakes in the world live on Snake Island. Occasionally, some scientists are granted the opportunity to visit Snake Island..but unless you’re one of them, you probably won’t ever get to see it.

4. Mount Weather Emergency Operation Center

The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center is a place you probably wouldn’t want to go unless, as one Google reviewer states, “it’s the end of the world.” The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center is controlled by the U.S Department of Homeland Security. It’s been in use since 1959. The facility is a major relocation site for the highest level of civilian and military officials in case of national disaster in the U.S. Still, this facility proves to be helpful in other ways. According to a letter to the editor of The Washington Post, on the day of the September 11th attacks most of the congressional leadership was evacuated to Mount Weather by helicopter.

3 RAF Menwith Hill

If you like giant golf balls, then you’re going to like this location. The Royal Air Force Menwith Hills is a Royal Air Force station near Harrogate, North Yorkshire in England. This facility was built in 1954, but it has been in use since 1958. The facility was also in use during the Cold War. The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War 2, between the powers in the so-called Western bloc and the powers in the so-called Eastern bloc.

2 Area 51

This list would not be complete without Area 51. “Ahh–Area 51! The aliens are coming!!!” No, this list is only including real facts and theories. I’m not trying to say whether I do or I don’t believe in aliens; I’m just saying that anything mentioned in this article is backed up with evidence. The United States Air Force facility commonly known as Area 51 was a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base, within the Nevada test and training range. The Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] says that the facility’s correct name is Homey Airport and Groom Lake. The special-use airspace around the field is referred to as a restricted area. The base’s current primary purpose is unknown, but from its history it most likely supports the development and testing of experimental aircraft. The intense secrecy around the base is the main reason for conspiracy theories about aliens or UFOs (unidentified flying objects).

1 Moscow Metro-2

The Moscow Metro is the informal name for a purported secret underground metro system which parallels the public Moscow Metro. The system was built during the time of Joseph Stalin, and was codenamed D-6. It is supposedly still operational. The length of Metro-2 is rumored to exceed that of the public Metro. It is said to have four lines, and to lie 50–200 meters deep. It is also said to connect the Kremlin with the  Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters.The public is not allowed on it, because the controllers of the Moscow Metro are doing something in the facility.

The Moscow Metro-2, Area 51, RAF Menwith Hill, Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, and Snake Island are all places in the world you are prohibited as a civilian. These places are obviously not all the places in the world you are prohibited to go, to but these are a few of them. Hopefully you will take a hint from this post, and not attempt to go to any of these places.because that would be a bad idea.