Solved zfs - where are snapshots?

In a FreeBSD system running as a VMWare guest as a VPS, I've managed to make some snapshots, they are listed but can't find any .zfs or snapshots directories.

Code:
# find / -type d -name '.zfs'
# find / -type d -name 'snapshot'

return nothing.

Code:
# zfs list -t snapshot                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
NAME                              USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT                                                                                                                                                                                                               
zroot@recursive                      0      -    96K  -                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
zroot@201807122800                   0      -    96K  -
zroot@now                            0      -    96K  -
zroot@weekly.1                       0      -    96K  -
zroot@weekly.0                       0      -    96K  -
zroot@hourly.0                       0      -    96K  -
zroot/ROOT@recursive                 0      -    96K  -
zroot/ROOT@201807122800              0      -    96K  -
zroot/ROOT@now                       0      -    96K  -
zroot/ROOT@weekly.1                  0      -    96K  -
zroot/ROOT@weekly.0                  0      -    96K  -
zroot/ROOT@hourly.0                  0      -    96K  -
zroot/ROOT/default@recursive     2.02M      -  1.87G  -
zroot/ROOT/default@201807122800   332K      -  1.87G  -
zroot/ROOT/default@now            156K      -  1.87G  -
zroot/ROOT/default@weekly.1          0      -  1.87G  -
zroot/ROOT/default@weekly.0          0      -  1.87G  -
zroot/ROOT/default@hourly.0       104K      -  1.87G  -
zroot/tmp@recursive                72K      -   104K  -
zroot/tmp@201807122800             72K      -   104K  -
zroot/tmp@now                        0      -   104K  -
zroot/tmp@weekly.1                   0      -   104K  -
zroot/tmp@weekly.0                   0      -   104K  -
zroot/tmp@hourly.0                   0      -   104K  -
(and continues)

Where are the snapshots? Magic?
 
The snapdir property is set to hidden by default. That means .zfs is not accessible. Note that this directory is simply a convenient way to have (read-only) access to snapshots, they're actually stored as an integral part of the fileystem.
 
Now I remember having read it and it's in the handbook.
Also read elsewhere that other zfs implementations had no .zfs dirs, so went to the more complex route of thinking instead of the more simple one.
 
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