If this place has always existed, why didn't we know about it?

Those places really did exist and you could get there from here!

"And I have absolutely no idea if such a place could even exist."

The place has existed since at least the late 8th century.

You don't even know if such a place exists, let alone how to get there.

I didn't believe such a place could exist and me not know about it.

For both places exist, very much as I have described them.

Where is home, if the place you come from no longer exists?

Do you know if a place like this does exist?

Five years or so ago, these places did not exist.