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Description: From abandoned lighthouses, to secret clubs, these are SECRET OBSCURE Places in America HEY YOU ! There are more awesome videos being made every week, like and subscribe to World Unearthed so you don't miss a beat ! 7. Kiska Island | Alaska 6. Bohemian Grove | California Nestled in the redwoods of the Central California coast, is a restricted 2,700 acre campground, belonging to the private gentlemen’s club known as the Bohemian Club, formed in 1872. The Bohemian club did not originally camp out here, six years after the establishment of the club, Henry “Harry” Edwards, a stage actor and a founding member decided to relocate to New York City. The men chose that area of the woods to camp out and have a send off party for their founder. They liked the area and the experience so much that it became an annual thing. Now I know most of you have probably heard some wild conspiracies regarding this place and these people, but maybe, just maybe, it's not all true. Ya know ? Especially in the beginning, the club was nothing more than a few artists getting together to… hang out. In 1899, the club decided to buy the location from a local logging company, and slowly expanded their land ownership as the years went on. The club’s members also became more varied as time went on. From former U.S. Presidents, to influential businessmen and scientists. The club’s motto is “Weaving Spiders come not here”, meaning business deals and outside worries should be left at the door. Dang, I sound like I’m shilling for the Bohemian Grove doesn’t it? 5. Mercury | Nevada If you find yourself Northbound on the US 95, some 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, in the near distance you will spot a small town. Problem is, you can’t go there. Mercury, Nevada, is a closed village situated within the Nevada National Security Site and was constructed by the Atomic Energy Commission. It housed staff of the Jackass Flats test site, and nearby Nevada Test Site 400. By the 1960s, there were about 10,000 people living here and the town even had shopping facilities, a movie theater, even a school ! Pretty much everything that 1960s Americans wanted and needed. The biggest celebrity to ever come by here is without a doubt President John F Kennedy. For his visit in 1962, the nearby Desert Rock airport was constructed. In 1992, following the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, almost everyone in town lost their jobs. Since only all but subcritical nuclear testing ended. Nowadays, the U.S. Department of Energy rules over this tiny town and its few inhabitants. 4. Fort Jefferson | Florida 3. North and South Brother Island | New York 2. The Hall of Records | South Dakota Gutzon Borglum, the American sculptor who designed the colossal Mount Rushmore National Memorial once said “You may as well drop a letter into the world’s postal service without an address or signature, as to send that carved mountain into history without identification." He had long dreamed of creating a written description to accompany the giant sculpture on Mount Rushmore. The original idea included a large inscription or entablature to be carved alongside the figures. This plan failed for 2 major reasons, first, it was improbable that the text could be big enough to read from such a great distance. Second, due to design changes, the area was needed for the Lincoln head. Borglum next planned to create a large room within the mountain. This chamber would hold the documents and artifacts most central to American democratic history. The proposed large room, 80 by 100 feet, was to be drilled into the north wall of the small canyon behind the faces. His scheme also called for an 800-foot granite stairway to reach the room. It became known as the Hall of Records, not to be confused with the unproven ancient library located under the Great Sphinx of Giza Construction of the hall took place between July 1938 and July 1939. Work halted in 1939 when Congress directed that construction should be executed only on the faces. With Borglum's death, all work on the memorial stopped by October 31, 1941. The idea did not die with the man though, by the 1990s, there was a push to “complete” the unfinished Hall. In 1998, a small repository of records was placed in the hall entry. It consists of a teakwood box, inside a titanium vault, covered by a granite capstone. Etched on the capstone is this quote by Gutzon Borglum "...let us place there, carved high, as close to heaven as we can, the words of our leaders, their faces, to show posterity what manner of men they were. Then breathe a prayer that these records will endure until the wind and rain alone shall wear them away." 1. Tillamook Rock Light | Oregon