Top 12 Places You're Not Allowed To Visit

The Vatican’s Secret Archives are inaccessible; the actual place, that is, but if you’re an accredited researcher, you can view any document that you like. The Archives preserve documents that go as far back as the 8th century and its shelves stretch 85 kilometers (53 miles) holding treasures such as Henry VIII of England’s petitions for divorce from Catherine of Aragon; documents relating to the trial of Galileo in 1633 on charges of heresy; letters from Michelangelo regarding late payments for his work; a 1521 bull of excommunication of Martin Luther and a letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, written while awaiting her execution, just to name a few. The only documents you can’t access are those that are not yet 75 years old

Even North Korea’s top government officials know they can’t make a living in the public sector, yet, Kim Jong-un, The North-Korean leader, has an ultra-secret scheme to help him plan for retirement though; it’s called Room 39. The elusive “room,” however, is not something that Kim made up. It was established in the late 1970s by his father, Kim Jong-il, as a means to securing a hefty personal income. It has been described as the lynchpin of the North’s so-called “court economy” centered on providing a slush fund for the Kim famil and it reportedly reaps profits by using 10 to 20 bank accounts in China and Switzerland for counterfeiting, money laundering, drug smuggling and arms trade. Room 39 has 120 foreign trade companies under its jurisdiction and is directed by Kim Jong-un.