Tyson Research Center, Missouri

A former defense site outside of St. Louis is now an environmental research facility, operated by Washington University. The site was developed as a weapons assembly, storage and training facility by the military during WWII. Structures included 52 munition storage bunkers and several other storage and administration buildings, as well as firing ranges. The base was used through the Korean War, known as the St. Louis Ordnance Plant. It was transferred to the University in 1963. Most of the military structures remain on site, abandoned and overgrown. The facility is available for non-destructive research projects of a wide variety.