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Juneau gold strike
1880
Juneau, Alaska
Ifly6 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Two prospectors were led to the gold by a Tlingit chief named Kowee. The town that grew became the territorial capital in 1906 and is still reachable only by boat or air, no road connects it to anywhere.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: city-level
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