As much craze and attention AI is getting as a part of a better future, humans are still focused on trying and understanding the past. From digging in old mines to find fossils to preserving historic buildings that stand upright as the symbols of the past, various efforts have been made to understand and preserve history as much as possible. These 7 places in the world are frozen in history and give a glimpse into the life of the past.
The Moyuryuji Temple in Kanazawa, Japan is also known as the Ninja Temple. While really associated with Ninjas, the temple, founded as a secret armed outpost in 1643, is famous for its trap doors, hidden rooms, secret passageways and more that give it the name. While it looks like a two-story building from the outside, it is four floors tall and also contains a hidden watchtower. It still emanates the glory of the Maeda family, rulers of the Kaga domain that built the temple.
You would be surprised to know that this museum in Idaho was a brothel back in time. The Oasis Bordello Museum was an active 'bordello' or brothel until 1988 when its occupants left the premises in a haste, leaving all of their belongings intact from personal items to groceries. A local businessman bought the building from the madam who owned it and since then it has remained intact to be visited by the people as a museum.
Remember the station where Hagrid picks up the arriving batch of Hogwarts? The Hogwarts Express Station was actually the Goathland Station in England that will transport the visitors to an era bygone. The station has a tea room, the iconic red bridge and surrounding nature that is sure to blow your mind away.
Rovaiolo Vecchio is an ancient village in Italy, popularly known as the country's ghost town. In 1960, the officials ordered an evacuation of the entire town due to an oncoming landslide. The people shifted to the other side of the river where the village was rebuilt. However, in a tragic irony, the new village was destroyed by a landslide while the old remained untouched. Today, the village sits still in time, with glasses on the tables and unopened bottles of beverage lying in cellars.
Winter holidays are all about nostalgia, from sitting in a nook and reading your old-time favourite book to hopping on a ride on a vintage train that offers you all the vibes of the past. The Holiday Nostalgia Train operates between 2nd Avenue - Houston Street on the uptown F line and the 96th Street - 2nd Avenue on the Q line every Sunday in December. It consists of the New York Transit Museum's 1930s R1/9 train cars and offers the boarders a beautiful ride through holidays in the past.
This submarine bunker in Bremen, Germany is the second largest above-ground bunker in Europe and a standing symbol of the three major Nazi armament projects. Known as "Valentin" it was used by the Nazi forces in 1943 to construct submarines. While no submarines were ever completed in the bunker, approximately 1,600 enslaved labourers died working there. Today it is available for viewing as the "Denkort Bunker Valentin" memorial.
Located in Ligatne, Latvia, this secret Soviet bunker located 9 metres beneath the ground was built during the Cold War to serve as a shelter for the country's elite in case of a nuclear war. What's interesting is the fact that the bunker has been built below a Latvian spa facility and has the capacity to support 250 people for up to 3 months.