Can you keep a secret?

My first official post on this, my newest blog; also, on this first official day of autumn for 2025

will feature 100 locations that I believe to be "secret places". I define a secret place as an inner

or outer environment or experience in our lives. Today's post will simply be a list of said 100

locations, take this for what's it worth, and I hope my long-time readers and supporters will

enjoy this blog. As I do still write things down, believe it or not, let me find my notes, let's go;


1. caves  2. holes  3. closets  4. attics  5. basements  6. cellars  7. underwater  8. the human mind

9. outer space (The Milky Way, universe, etc.)  10. mountains  11. car washes  12. underground

(mines, etc.)  13. bank vaults  14. haunted houses  15. amusement parks  16. cemeteries (graves)

17. churches  18. graveyards  19. forests  20. Egyptian pyramids  21. canyons  22. ceilings  

23. roofs  24. towers  25. statues  26. buildings  27. castles  28. moats  29. dungeons  30. jails 

(prisons)  31. The Canadian Shield  32. The Northwest Passage  33. Antarctica  34. North/South

Poles  35. New Zealand  36. Yukon/NWT/Nunavut  37. The Maritimes/Bay of Fundy

38. St. Lawrence River  39. Lake Superior  40. shipwrecks  41. hotels  42. bridges  43. ballrooms

44. rickshaws  45. gondolas  46. igloos  47. dikes  48. crevices  49. gorges  50. dams  51. valleys

52. oceans  53. volcanoes  54. pagodas  55. huts/yurts  56. ponds  57. teepees  58. rivers

59. gazebos  60. garages  61. backyards  62. gardens  63. schools  64. playgrounds  65. glaciers

66. ice sheets  67. the ozone layer  68. atmospheres  69. The Equator  70. Parliament Hill

71. Buckingham Palace  72. cathedrals  73. mosques  74. the sky  75. Red Square

76. Tianamen Square  77. canals  78. The Florida Keys  79. swamps  80. jungles  81. deserts

82. zoos  83. sanctuaries  84. monasteries  85. bays  86. Stonehenge  87. Asia  88. Australia

89. farms  90. islands  91. inlets  92. shorelines  93. Big Sur  94. Big Ben  95. Hawaii

96. Alaska  97. Mt. St. Helens  98. fields  99. lakes  and  100. waterfalls.


I'd love to get your comments and feedback on this list, my definition of  "secret places" 

would include such places that are considered barren, deep, distant, hidden and large. 

To be continued in my next post, have a good day and week, bye for now from Central Canada.     

Location: Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

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