38. Varosha, Cyprus

People might recognize photographs of the beachside resorts from the early 1970s where celebrities like Brigitte Bardot would spend their time relaxing in the sun. However, those idyllic times came to a close when tensions between Greece and Turkey ramped up significantly.

Turkish troops conquered the island and everyone who lived there left. Despite the relaxing of tensions, Turkey has declared the area off-limits and kept it under lock and key. People have snuck in over the years, of course, but do so at the risk of loss of life and limb from the military patrols.