11 secretive places on earth where common people are banned from visiting

Varosha is an abandoned southern quarter of the Cypriot city of Famagusta. Prior to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, it was the modern tourist area of the city, and one of the most important tourist destinations in the world. Its inhabitants fled during the invasion, when it came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned and under the occupation of the Turkish Armed Forces ever since. As of 2016, the quarter continues to be uninhabited and is described as a ghost town. According to Wikipedia, entry is forbidden to the public.

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Royal Air Force Menwith Hill or more simply RAF Menwith Hill is a Royal Air Force station near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England which provides communications and intelligence support services to the United Kingdom and the United States. The site contains an extensive satellite ground station and is a communications intercept and missile warning site and has been described as the largest electronic monitoring station in the world.

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Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south. The 109,000 currently holds the Army human resources Centre of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command, United States Army Cadet Command and the United States Army Accessions Command. For 60 years, Fort Knox was the home of the U.S. Army Armor Center and the U.S. Army Armor School. It was used by both the Army and the Marine Corps to train crews on the M1 Abrams main battle tank. The fort is best known as the site of the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves. And no commoners are allowed.

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Metro-2 is the informal name for a purported secret underground metro system which parallels the public Moscow Metro (known as Metro-1 when in comparison with Metro-2). The system was supposedly built, or at least started, during the time of Joseph Stalin and was codenamed D-6 by the KGB. It is supposedly still operated by the Main Directorate of Special Programmes and Ministry of Defence.
The length of Metro-2 is rumoured to exceed that of the public Metro. It is said to have four lines, and to lie 50–200 m deep. It is said to connect the Kremlin with the Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters, the government airport at Vnukovo-2, and an underground town at Ramenki, in addition to other locations of national importance.

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The Ise Grand Shrine located in the city of Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu. It contains more than 100 shrines since 4th Century BC. The shrine buildings are made of solid cypress wood and use no nails but instead joined wood. Purportedly the home of the Sacred Mirror, the shrine is one of Shinto's holiest and most important sites. Access to both sites is strictly limited, with the common public are not allowed beyond sight of the thatched roofs of the central structures.

An exotic island in Hawaii, Ni'ihau doesn’t allow outsiders. The island is designated as critical habitat for Brighamia insignis, an endemic and endangered species of Hawaii.
All residents live rent-free, and meat is free. Niʻihau has no telephone services and no paved roads. Horses are the main form of transportation; bicycles are also used. There are no power lines; solar power provides all electricity. There is no plumbing or running water on the island. Water comes from rainwater catchment. However Niʻihau's owners have offered half-day helicopter and beach tours of the island since 1987, although contact with residents is avoided and no accommodations exist.

Surtsey is a volcanic island located in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the southern coast of Iceland. It was formed in a volcanic eruption which began 130 metres below sea level, and reached the surface on 14 November 1963. The eruption lasted until 5 June 1967. Since then, wave erosion has caused the island to steadily diminish in size. Scientists are researching some parts of the island about the mysterious geographic incidents and as a result, commoners are banned from entering.

The Vatican Secret Archives is the central repository in the Vatican City. The archives also contain the state papers, correspondence, papal account books, and many other documents which the church has accumulated over the centuries. The Pope owns the archives until his death or resignation, with ownership passing to his successor.

The United States Air Force facility commonly known as Area 51 is a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base, within the Nevada Test and Training Range. The base's current primary purpose is publicly unknown; however, based on historical evidence, it most likely supports the development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems (black projects). The intense secrecy surrounding the base has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component to unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore. The term Area 51 was coined in the Vietnam War-era.

The location of the tomb of Genghis Khan (died 1227) has been the object of much speculation and research. The site remains undiscovered. Genghis Khan asked to be buried without markings or any sign. He asked to be buried with his six cats while they were alive so their purs can guide him to the afterlife to the land under the big blue sky. After he died, his body was returned to Mongolia and presumably to his birthplace in the Khentii Aimag, where many assume he is buried somewhere close to the Onon River. According to one legend, the funeral escort killed anyone and anything that crossed their path, in order to conceal where he was finally buried. After the tomb was completed, the slaves who built it were massacred, and then the soldiers who killed them were also killed. The Genghis Khan Mausoleum is his memorial, but not his burial site. Folklore says that a river was diverted over his grave to make it impossible to find.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway is situated near Arctic Svalbard archipelago near North Pole. Conservationist Cary Fowler, in association with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) started the vault to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds. The seed vault is an attempt to insure against the loss of seeds in other gene banks during large-scale regional or global crises. The seed vault is managed under terms spelled out in a tripartite agreement between the Norwegian government, the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT) and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen).