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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Joliet

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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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.
11 miles from Joliet
The stone archway.

Lemont, Illinois

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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Willow Springs, Illinois

Red Gate Woods

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.
14 miles from Joliet
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The Gemini Giant

Wilmington, Illinois

Gemini Giant

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.
15 miles from Joliet
Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery

Midlothian, Illinois

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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