7 Places On Earth You Are Not Allowed To Visit
Located in Japan, this is one of the oldest shrines in the world. Only the imperial Japanese family and certain priests and priestesses are allowed to visit.
This island located off of Brazil is so heavily populated with snakes that scientists must receive several stamps of approval before exploring.
This cave in France is believed to be 20,000 years old. It's covered in paintings of animals. Discovered in the 1940s, it was opened to tourism shortly after, but the CO2 exhaled by humans was damaging the paintings. Now only a few scientists are allowed to visit it.
This area may be a designated UNESO World Heritage Site, but that doesn't mean you should visit it. The locals are headhunters.
This beautiful island is surrounded by coral reefs and located in the Bay of Bengal. The catch? The Sentinelese tribe is essentially the last group of people existing to resist human contact. Go near and they'll get violent.
This is one of the world's youngest pieces of land. It emerged in the 1960s after a volcanic eruption. Only a few scientists have been able to visit for research.
This island has been used for centuries as a place of exile and to drop off the dying and deceased. There are plague pits and experts suggest that more than 100,000 people have died there.