10 Secret Cities That Were Kept Hidden From The Public

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The history is filled with lots of mysterious secrets. Still, there are lots of unknown things are hidden from us. Here we're putting down some secrets cities that were kept hidden from world for variety of reasons. 


01. 404

The massive city called  '404' is located in northwest China on the edge of the Gobi Desert. It was also removed from maps and used to create nuclear weapons.


02. Camp Century

This secret place is located underneath Greenland. This city was used to build a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites during the Cold War according to project Iceworm.


03. Handforth / Richland

This secret city is located in Washington State, USA. This is used during the Cold War for the production of plutonium.


04. The Closed Cities 

The level of secrecy in there were vary. Some cities were well-known with some restricted areas for the public, while others were completely hidden. And some are normal cities today. Meanwhile, others are still vital to Russian national security.


05. Sarov

Sarov is a “closed city” that belong to Russia. It was well-known for being one of the main producers for the country’s nuclear arsenal to this day. And Sarov is one of the most prominent religious sites.


06. Los Alamos

Los Alamos is located in New Mexico it is recognized as the birthplace of the atomic bomb.This city was kept in total secrecy during the war and entire town was isolated.


07. Wunsdorf

Wunsdorf was used as a Nazi base and it became the headquarters for the Red Army in postwar East Germany. This city got nickname as “Little Moscow” and the “Forbidden City".


08. City 40

This nuclear-related secret location was the city where the Soviet nuclear weapons program started in 1946. It has been home to several different nuclear accidents, including one major accident beaten only by Chernobyl in severity.


09. Oak Ridge

This city located in Tennessee, USA and was used to refine uranium ore to produce the nuclear weapons.


10. Burlington Bunker

There is a secret city located underneath the quiet town of Corsham, England, It has the goal of surviving a nuclear apocalypse rather than causing one.