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The DNA Discovery Center

Chicago, Illinois

The DNA Discovery Center

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

The Museum of Holography
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

The Museum of Holography

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Typical intersection.
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Freight Tunnels

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

The outside of one of the bunkers.

Wilmington, Illinois

Joliet Army Ammunition Plant

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

American Science & Surplus

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

American Science & Surplus

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

The Domes.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mitchell Park Domes

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

Giant Pyramid near Nekoma, North Dakota

Nekoma, North Dakota

The Pyramid of North Dakota

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

Missile Hanger as seen from the outside.

Türisalu, Estonia

Turisalu Missile Hangar

Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.

Nike missile base.
Permanently Closed

Redmond, Washington

Nike Nuclear Missile Site S-13/14

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

Grain Tower.

Medway, England

Grain Tower Battery

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

M-74 Nike Missile Tracking and Control Site.
Permanently Closed

Waukesha, Wisconsin

M-74 Nike Missile Tracking and Control Site.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

Mars Cheese Castle

Kenosha, Wisconsin

Mars Cheese Castle

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Water leaks from the Dead River into Lake Michigan

Waukegan, Illinois

Dead River

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

The largest 24-karat gold plated object in existence.

Wadsworth, Illinois

Onan's Gold Pyramid House

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Volo Auto Museum

Volo, Illinois

Volo Auto Museum

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

Par-King

Lincolnshire, Illinois

Par-King Skill Golf

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

Wheel of the FT Barney

Alpena, Michigan

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

Diver exploring the shipwreck in Lake Michigan

Maple City, Michigan

The Rising Sun Shipwreck

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

Wreckage of the SS Francisco Morazan in winter.

Leland, Michigan

Wreck of the Francisco Morazan

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

Lake Michigan's Bermuda Triangle

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Lake Michigan Triangle

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

The Wichita Troll

Wichita, Kansas

The Wichita Troll

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

The Red Wine Spa.

Hakone, Japan

Yunessun Spa Resort

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Auroville

Bommayapalayam, India

Auroville

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

Vernadsky Station

Antarctica

The Bar at Vernadsky Research Base

One of the world's southernmost bars.

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