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With so many wonderful places to visit in Japan, the fact that there are a few that do not allow visitors is hardly an issue for tourists or even locals. And yet for many, the abundance of accessible possibilities does nothing to quench the allure of the forbidden. Of course, attempting to actually…
kokkai/iStock via Getty Images Plus From an island infested with snakes to a vault holding a very special secret recipe, check out a few of the many dangerous, mysterious, or otherwise forbidden places are off-limits to the general public, adapted from an episode of The List Show on YouTube. 1. Ilha da Queimada Grande Ilha da Queimada Grande, or “Snake Island,” is an island off the coast of Brazil that’s home to a rare and incredibly deadly species of snake called the golden lancehead. According to some estimates, there are one to five snakes for every square meter of land on the 43-hec...
Murakami explains that artists like himself “have been hugely influenced by art brut artists,” as some 200 works by art brut and outsider artists are about to go on display.
The True Stories Behind These Strange And Mysterious Artifacts By Joseph A. Williams/Feb. 9, 2021 10:24 am EDT From the Sword in the Stone to ancient Egyptian airplanes, strange and mysterious artifacts summon people to put away their iPhones, don a fedora, snap a bullwhip, and get their faces melted. Some artifacts are intoxicating through their storytelling or by the puzzles they present. Basic questions such as who made an item, why they made it, and what it does fascinate all armchair archaeologists. While answers to these questions that involve the lost city of Atlantis or alien techno...