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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Joliet, Illinois

Updated August 15, 2018

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Joliet Iron and Steel Works

Joliet, Illinois

Joliet Iron and Steel Works (Joliet Iron Works Park)

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

Joliet, Illinois

Joliet Correctional Center

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

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Joliet Army Ammunition Plant

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

11 miles from Joliet

Midewin was the first national tallgrass prairie in the United States.

Wilmington, Illinois

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

On the site of a former Army ammunition plant, bison now roam a restored sea of grass.

12 miles from Joliet

The stone archway.

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Lincoln Park Nursery Ruins

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

13 miles from Joliet

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Red Gate Woods

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

14 miles from Joliet

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery

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Bachelor's Grove Cemetery

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

17 miles from Joliet

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