世界上最神秘的地方在哪里？.

　　生命中最诱人的事情经常是那些禁止的事情。作为游客，这意味着我们对禁止入内的地方着迷。

　　Ni’ihau, Hawaii

　　夏威夷，从尼好岛

　　Ni’ihau, the smallest inhabited Hawaiian island, may appear to be the ideal tropical escape – after all, it’s home to swaying palm trees, endangered animals and virtually no tourists – but it’s not. That’s because this 180sqkm Pacific island is off-limits to outsiders.

　　从尼好岛是夏威夷最小的人居岛屿，似乎是最理想的热带避暑地-毕竟，它是摇曳的棕榈树和濒危动物的居所，而且几乎没有游客，但事实不是这样。因为这个180平方千米的太平洋岛屿禁止外人入内。

　　Sold by Hawaii’s King Kamehameha in 1863 to the prominent Robinson family – who were wealthy plantation owners – the island has outlawed outsiders since 1915. Life on the isolated island is unusual: its roughly 130 permanent inhabitants, who are Native Hawaiians, live rent-free, and do without paved roads, telephone services, plumbing, running water or stores. Horses and bicycles provide transportation, solar power provides electricity and barges deliver groceries from nearby Kaua’i.

　　1863 年，夏威夷国王Kamehameha将它出售给著名的罗宾逊家族，这个家族是富有的种植园主。自1915年起，这座岛屿就禁止外人入内。这座与世隔绝的岛 屿上的生活很不寻常：它拥有大约130名夏威夷本地永久居民，他们免费居住，没有人行道，电话服务，水管设施，活水或者商店。交通依靠马匹和自行车，太阳 能提供电力，从邻近的考爱岛用驳船运输食品杂货。

　　“Children from Ni’ihau take canoes to Kauai weekly to attend school,” explained Bennett McEwan.

　　Bennett McEwan.解释道：“从好尼岛的孩子每周乘着独木舟到考爱岛上学。”

　　Though tiny, the island has played an outsize role in history. It was the site of the Ni’ihau Incident in 1941, when, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese navy fighter pilot crashed on the island and terrorized its residents for a week. And in 1944, US president Franklin D Roosevelt considered Ni’ihau as a possible location for the United Nations headquarters.

　　尽管这座岛很小，但 是却在历史上扮演着非凡的角色。这里是1941年从好尼岛事件的事发地，当时，珍珠港被袭以后，一名日本海军战斗机在岛上坠毁，对岛上的居民进行了长达一 周的恐怖统治。1944年，美国总统Franklin D Roosevelt认为从好尼到是联合国总部的必设地。

　　The island remains off limits today, wrote McEwan. “The Coast Guard patrols the island to ensure that no landings are attempted. No one is permitted to visit without an invitation from someone on the island.”

　　如今，这座岛仍然禁止入内，McEwan写道：”海岸警卫队一直在岛上巡逻，确保没有任何登陆行动。在没有岛上人员邀请的情况下，没人允许参观这里。”

　　“In 1987, hunting tours of the island were offered, which involve receiving an invitation from the tour operator who lives on the island,” McEwan said.

　　McEwan 说：“1987年，岛上提供狩猎旅行，前提是要收到岛上旅行社的邀请函。”

　　Royal Air Force Menwith Hill, England

　　英国，皇家空军曼维斯山

　　If James Bond had a secret bunker, this would be it. A military base in North Yorkshire, England, RAF Menwith Hill is believed to be the biggest electronic monitoring station in the world, intercepting communications to gather intelligence for the United Kingdom and the United States.

　　如果詹姆斯邦德拥有一个秘密地堡，那一定就是这里。这是英国北约克郡的一个军事基地，皇家空军曼维斯山被认为是世界上最大的电子监测站，这里可以拦截通讯信息，为英美收集情报。

　　The top-secret base was built in 1954 to monitor the Soviet Union’s Cold War communications. No one knows for sure how the base is used today, but it allegedly investigates international terrorist actions and drug trades, and acts as a ground station for US satellites. It is also believed to have ties to ECHELON, also known as Five Eyes, the Bond-esque global spy network comprised of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US.

　　这座高 级机密基地建于1954年，用来监测苏联冷战年代的通信。没人准确知道今天它用作什么，但是据说，它调查国际恐怖活动和毒品交易，被用作美国的一个地面卫 星站。它还被认为和梯队(名为五眼)有联系，这是一个包括澳大利亚，加拿大，新西兰，英国和美国在内的全球间谍网络。

　　Vatican Secret Archives, Vatican

　　梵蒂冈，秘密档案馆

　　Perhaps the most private library in the world, the Vatican Secret Archives is no ordinary library. It contains the personal documents of all the popes dating back to the 8th Century.

　　也是这是全世界最私人的图书馆，梵蒂冈秘密档案馆不是一个普通的图书馆。它包含8世纪以前所有教皇的私人文件。

　　Closed to all non-Vatican figures until 1881, the archive keeps top-secret documents under lock and key, with a long and complex application process for those keen to access its secrets.

　　直到1881年，它对所有非梵蒂冈人都关闭，这个档案馆用锁链和钥匙保存着最高机密文件，想要进入这些秘密，需要经过冗长而又复杂的申请程序。

　　Only qualified scholars may apply for entry cards. Applications must include personal information about the scholar, the purpose of his or her research, and an introductory letter from an institute of research or a qualified scholar in historical research.

　　只有具备资质的学者可以申请进入卡。申请必须包括学者个人信息，研究目的和来自研究机构或者具备资质的历史研究学者的介绍信。

　　Even if a scholar is granted entry, the archives (considered the Pope’s personal property), are extensive: there are an estimated 85km of shelving containing more than 35,000 volumes, according Adams.

　　即便学者授权进入，考虑到教皇私人财产，档案也很多：据亚当，档案馆的书架高达85千米，有35000多卷文件。