Indiana
A partially constructed pyramid, which has now been long abandoned. Bedford, the "Limestone Capital of the World," received over $700,000 in government grants to build an eight-story replica of the Great Pyramid out of native limestone. Work proceeded until...
The town of Wakarusa, as it appeared in 1965, is reproduced in miniature in this museum. The model town, which presently consists of over 165 buidings, is made to scale (1 inch to 5 foot), and has been constructed by DeVon Rose over a period of 35 years. The...
One of the largest steel plants in the nation. Originally built in 1962, by Bethlehem Steel, which went bankrupt in 2000. Currently has more than 3,500 employees, and is owned by ArcelorMittal, the largest steel company in the World, based in Luxembourg. Has...
The largest steel plant in the nation, this facility employs more than 10,000 people, and produces around 10,000,000 tons of steel a year. One of several major steel plants in this 20-mile strip of Indiana, along the Lake Michigan shore, which is the biggest...
A former major firing range and weapons test site in southern Indiana. Since 1941, 23 million test rounds have been fired here, with an estimated 1.4 million unexploded devices, including armor-piercing uranium-tipped rounds, left strewn about the site. Some...
A munitions plant and chemical weapons stockpile site, Newport was the location of the production of TNT, Heavy Water, and, ending in 1968, VX nerve agent. Contamination at the 7,104 acre site is being addressed, and the VX agent stockpile is being...
This is one of the largest steel plants in the country, employing around 8,000 people, and it is owned by USX, the largest American steel company. One of several major steel plants in this 20-mile strip of Indiana, along the Lake Michigan shore, which is the...