10 Mysterious Places You Aren’t Allowed To Visit

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Vatican Secret Archives, Vatican City

Vatican Secret Archives
By Collective (Video of Vatican Television Center) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Most texts, correspondence, papal accounts, state papers or other church documents contained within the Vatican Secret Archives can be requested for reading. The documents themselves aren't private, but the Pope doesn't want randoms walking about the place. Entering the building itself is strictly prohibited.

More than 35,000 volumes are said to be housed in the Archives, and almost all are accessible. The only limit imposed is on documents less than 75 years old.

Sitting adjacent to the Vatican Library, the Archives can be accessed in person should one gain permission from the pontiff himself. The chances of that are slim unless you happen to be pals with the guy, so it's hardly surprising the building isn't heavily populated.

Working there must be super-creepy.

Would you like to sneak into and visit any of these places? Let us know your thoughts down below!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.