15 SECRETS Hidden In National Monuments 

Theres a restaurant in Paris, that my Hubby and I ate at, that had an interesting history. It's a mirrored room, with gold cherubs on the walls. Very ornate! Back during WW2, the area was under threat from Hitler and his Nazis, so the owner closed up the walls, so it would be untouched. It worked, but unfortunately the owner, and everyone that lived in that area, didnt survive. No one knew about it, till years later. The new owners were renovating, removed a wall, and found the room intact. Like a buried treasure!!

My favorite "secret" about the Statue of Liberty is how Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi modeled the face of the statue after his mom. It's like the ultimate gift to a mother. Even though she dead and gone she is forever immortalized as the face of a symbol of America with millions coming to admire her magnificence. Can't top that.

The Statue of Liberty torch was replaced in the mid 1980's. The original torch is on display at the museum on Liberty Island.

Very accurate thumbnail. No clickbait whatsoever

I’ve actually boon on the 103rd floor of the Empire State Building. I was on the right spot at the right time and got to go up at night back in 1994. It was amazing, and an opportunity that I may never be able to have again.

I laughed at the end when he said “Maybe the descendants of Nicholas Cage will one day go behind Mount Rushmore, to discover its TRUE SECRETS” 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

5:55 I love the scene in Logan's Run where Logan and Jessica find the Lincoln Memorial in wonder, speculating that was what it looked like to be old. I would have added the line, "Yes, and they were very large." After all neither of them had ever seen or even heard of a statue like that.

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A very well presented video! Good job!

Very funny! I just watched "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" last night. I think this was one of your best videos!

Gustav Eiffel also designed the structural elements for the Statue of Liberty and he designed the original locks for the Panama Canal.

1:55 There is something like this at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone. The Inn is a iron framed building (The structural iron beams are clad in wood, giving the illusion it is wood framed) with a very high lobby. High above there is a tree house where a band used to play but because of damage suffered from an Earthquake in the 1950's the upper floors are not accusable to the public. However twice each day a bellhop climbs to the roof of the hotel to raise the flags in the morning and take them down in the evening. If you ask nicely at the front desk you may get an invitation from the bellhop to climb to the roof with him/her. The view is breathtaking and it is usually timed so Old Faithful erupts while you are up there. Just remember, this is a first come fist served deal. Only one small group is allowed to do this at a time, and they only do it twice each day, then only if the weather doesn't make the trip unsafe. The bellhop is under no obligation to invite anyone up, and they can de-invite you for any reason, so be polite. You are not entitled to do this. Also, there is no disabled access. If you can't climb a ladder you can't get onto the roof. You will be asked to help fold the flags, but it's well worth it to get that view.

A very interesting video. Didn't know that that the statue in Rio was hollow,and, the mini Washington Monument. Two other monuments: 1- The Capitol Building in Washington DC. There's that empty space beneath it that was supposed to George Washington's tomb. Thank goodness his descendants honored his last wish to be buried on the grounds of Mount Vernon. #2-Lincoln's Tomb- Springfield, Illinois. This, actually, rates its own segment. Before all that concrete was poured on it to deter grave robbers, his casket was open one last time. Lincoln's body was in remarkably good shape due to all the formaldehyde used while it was being transported from Washington D.C, to Springfield, and, made various stops on the way(at each stop, his body was injected with formaldehyde to help preserve it). I don't believe there's any big secret with the tomb,but, I thought I would mention it in passing.✌✌✌✌

Very interesting video... thanks for sharing! 👍

One secret is Team Americas base inside mount rushmore.

Amazing video, with so much information I never knew I needed to hear. I've been to several of these places, but not all. Now if I go to any of these places I'll recall this video. Thank you.

I was arrested for being AWOL from the Marine Corps back in 1976 in NYC. On my way to the Brig at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The night before I was put in a cell that was built into a vault on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge. I guess for security reasons they're not mentioned here.

There is secret places out there that we will never know about.

That was interesting to watch. Thanks.

As windy as it feels on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, I’d shit myself with a knee high fence lol

The Statue of Liberty's torch is hardly a secret.

THE giant statue of Jesus is absolutely beautiful. But who knew it was hollow and that people actually have to climb on to the arm's to make repairs. THAT could prove to be very death defying. That's very scary 🥺.

I'm Senecan but never heard that story before about the soldiers. How interesting!

Thank you very much. Very interesting.

I take the break in colors of the Washington monument to be a good illustration of our country’s history etched in stone, representing the period before and after the Civil War.

Very cool! I'ts much more interesting that the programs on my TV...👍✌

He says that the original intent was to sculpt the eight presidents down to their waist. Who are the other four presidents that were supposed to be on Mount Rushmore?

Disneyland's Matterhorn mountain has 2 secrets in it's peak. There's a half-court basketball area, and a small resting room for Tinkerbell.

The tiny police station in Trafalgar Square reminds me of my ex's uncle. According to my ex, in the 1940's, Tarzan Bracken was the only police officer in a tiny town in northern Florida, near Florala, Alabama. There was no real police station, and the police officer would sit in his squad car next to the town's only phone booth and await emergency calls. I guess his "police station" was the size of a parking spot and a phone booth.

i appretiate your style. many other makers of such short documentaries Persist in inserting junk images - very "impertinent". you keep that habit at a minimum, and remain on-point.

There is a 360° webcam on the torch on the Statue of Liberty

The tiny Washington monument wasn't always in the underground, when I was there in 1968 +- it was still above ground. About 5 feet above the ground.

It is funny the infamous Grand Central Terminal is very often confused as being called Grand Central Station.

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I am surprised that stars are permitted up there given the problems some of them have.

Would love to investigate that cave near the falls!

The worlds smallest police station is in fact in Florida. The Carrabelle Police Department was a walk in phone booth. Look it up.

I remember the days of my friends going AWOL back then. Good for you for having the guts to do it!

The B-roll at 16:03 is the Oregon State capitol in Salem. The capitol has robotic cameras set up on the House and Senate floors and in most of the public hearing rooms. They are all operated from a master control room down in the basement. The main idea is that the media techs film important events and make the footage available to the media networks to keep the number of reporters and/ or camera operators down so they don't cause a distraction. They even have a three camera mobile unit that can be set up in under 5 min and operated by one person. I worked for the Oregon Legislative Media dept. about 20 years ago.

The biggest secret to this list is that Charlie Sheen is the narrator

u improvise general knowledge of people Keep it up !!!!!!!!

That Australian ballroom is beautiful 😍

Very Good - 2nd Watch!

Those pictures of the empire state building , especially Taylor swift leaning... really unsettled me. I'm terrified of heights... Still tense.

You forgot about Richie Richs parents face in the Mountains and the treasures that are inside. How could you.

No one knows about the secret vault which can be found within the Rustica Bastilica if you know where to look.

I’ve been to the 103rd floor of the Empire State Building. You may wonder how i got there, well my dad works in radio and his friend happens to work on the transmitters up there.

I would have thought it was repaired in the 1980"s when it was redone

Early 1900s was a time of great construction, magnificent works of art. Now we have pole buildings and blue metal roofs.

In the early 90's I took a train to Grand Central Station. We stayed in the hotel between the Twin Towers, then known as Tower 3. A tour took us to the roof of Tower One. I spent the whole time talking to the window washer and how he had just missed seeing a guy with a backpack, climb over the fencing, and jump off. We also went to The Statue of Liberty and climbed the stairs to the crown. In the early 80's I visited Niagara Falls and The Cave of The Winds on the American side, and rode The Maid of The Mist. Incredible memories.

Awesome video!

Please note that the torch of Lady Liberty was NEVER open to the general public. The access through the arm is a tricky ladder and the space on the torch would only allow a small number of people to stand there at one time. Access was limited to those with enough influence / importance to warrant it. After the Black Tom Island explosion caused stress damage to the arm, it was also found to have been built a bit out of true.

Saying that Mount Rushmore contains the Constitution and the Bill of Rights is kind of redundant.

Cool stuff! TY! 👏

I swear these places make you wanna do some research...!! It's absolutely interesting to know a lil about them.

I don't think every old fancy building was built between 1880 and 1920. Then all of the sudden we stop making things big and fancy. I think they are from a past civilization and we just take credit for it. They all have "basements ", for example. They go deep because they have been mudfllooded in a past cataclysm.

Just because it’s a mini obelisk, doesn’t make it a mini Washington monument. The Liberty torch: the original torch was taken down and replaced.

The funny thing is you can see the underground part of the Lincoln Memorial in the Division 2 video game. It is pretty cool to be able to see some of these places in video games. They do try to make them as close as possible which is cool too.

Wait, so you can’t use a photo of the Eiffel Tower at night because of its lighting display but a video is okay?

You forgot about the elevator to Olympus at the Empire State Building

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How awesome. Great video

What kind of genius would hide secret treasures at a place that screams "Come here and check out these four giant heads carved into a mountain."? :-) Even the Egyptian Pharaohs eventually got the idea of not advertising the location of buried treasure by building a giant monument at the exact same location as the stash.

People don't know it yet, but the heads on Mt. Rushmore are going to be reworked into Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and Willie Nelson.

Klick-bait. Where is the black dude's head you have circled in red?

Mount Rushmore one isn’t much of a secret really. They allowed people to hike up to it but last time I as there they took away that option.

So everyone is just going to gloss over the fact that a channel called "Top Fives" is making a top fifteen list? Your grasp of mathematics is mind boggling.

Congratulations for knowing Grand Central is a Terminal, not a Station. ;)

I can't help but think if the Eiffel tower was in the U.S. it would be called the Carl's Jr. Tower brought to you by Brawndo

Top fives, indeed! 👌👌👍👍🙌🙌

Very Good!!!

I’ve been below the Lincoln Memorial. It’s awesome!! The really do have stalactites. The graffiti was made by the workers who constructed the memorial. A couple are pretty risqué. The we’re covered with a clear material to preserve when I was there. Has a wooden walkway all through the area.

Um the torch of the statue of liberty was accessible until the torch was replaced in the 80s. Being closed because of a blast in the early part of the century is a commonly myth that is often repeated but repeating something often does not make it true

I would love to visit them all one day

Great Information.....

The empire state building just goes to show that celebrities are worthy of what the average person isn't. Yet for some they really are just entertainment and nothing more...

Or, all you have to do is work for a company that's contracted by the Empire building to have access to the 103rd floor.

As for the Eiffel apartment, anyone who watched the old ghostbusters cartoon knows it is there, as is the equipment because the tower is a massive ecto containment unit.

I have read about most of these. Interesting

Because of the X-Men movie in 2000, I’ve always wanted climb up to the torch.

The torch is not the original, in 1976 it was replaced qith a new one

There is also a monument to Geronimo being carved in a hillside but I don't know if that got completed. What I saw of it was awesome!

This video feels more like a tourist show than anything

Like the video. Dislike the click bait thumbnail

I thought Charlie Sheen was narrating.

Very interesting!

keep making videos like these

Спасибо за это видео, Благодарю!!

A few years ago the apartment was used for one night stays if you won a lottery. ( Eiffel Tower )

Great ! Really interesting of peace of work well put together !!! Thank you will definitely keep my eyes peeled for your next video

My favourites are the secret art corridor in Firenze and of course Leonardo Di Vinci statue

Narrated by: charlie sheen

I love the fact that when they mention British soldiers,they used Confederate reenactors.

I went to the bridge in Florence many years ago, with my mother , its definitely beauty hiding in plain sight.

Flinders street station is the most underwhelming building you can imagine.

Is this the same guy that does Simple History?

The artist Bartholdi who created the Statute of Liberty also created a smaller replica and gifted it to the beautiful coastal city Maceió in the state of Alagoas in northeastern Brazil.

What a juicy video

I wish you would have said what the explosion was that closed the torch room because that's real history that has been forgotten

Those views from the Empire State Building make me queasy.