North Brother Island
North Brother Island
Very much like, Poveglia Island that was previously on our list, North Brother Island is also, well, an island. But seriously, it is also an abandoned island, that once housed quarantine facilities. Typhoid Mary, the first known Typhoid case in the US, was admitted to the facility on North Brother Island. The medical nature of it clarifies why it was off-limits, even though it is deserted already, it remains barred to visitors.
Sha Tau Kok
Sha Tau Kok
Here we have another place whose existence is related to international politics. Yet further down South, a similar incident happened in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, whilst under the British Colonial rule sustained a border with mainland China, even after the change of supremacy which took in 1997. A border is still in place today. Sha Tau Kok is a village on the frontier, inside the secured Frontier Closed Area, although technically it is likely to enter the area, however, a permit is needed.
