Exploring the WORLD'S Largest Abandoned WW2 Military Base
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2020
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This Army base was the Biggest one in the entire world during world war two. There have been multiple accidents at the plant due to the highly flammable materials being produced. It was a city, comprising of schools, hospitals, houses, ect. But today much has been demolished, and room is being made for many things. During the last clip a car came up to me blasting its horn. I hid in a ditch, then crossed a creek and walked miles through the woods just to find a way out. I nearly left my drone because I couldn't find it until the last second when i saw it was near the ditch I was about to jump into. Apparently the place is under CCTV watch, because there were signs. Plus the last compound I was in was in the middle of nowhere, and I know for a fact that there weren't any people or cars around, so I have no idea how someone knew I was there before they even reached the area. Do not go here, if you want my opinion on if you should. Although the sights here were incredible. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Those “bunkers” are actually munitions storage igloos. The blast doors and the barricades in front of the door is meant to control the frag in case of detonation.
I remember when the property was full of those bunkers. We used to drive by there all the time on the way to Devils Lake and Devils Head.
THE FRAG.
@@maureenobrien4807Fragmentation
Correct, my current job is managing 4 of those MSA’s and keeping inventory for the Army, Marines and USAF.
@@moparjoel1 I was USAF AMMO for 20 years, retired last March.
I live in the area and know exactly where this is. Drive by it frequently. Always wanted to go check it out. Cool to see what's in there!
Yo mind dropping the address tryna go check it out today also in the area
Where is this
You can go here it's partially open to the public as state land, the parts with buildings are mostly owned by the Ho-Chunk indians and they do patrol those parts.
To access this area you will enter via us 12 just a bit after the big hill the public entrance is located at 43.3700908, -89.7676228
Cmon flappy tell us!
Wisconsin...
A friend of mine worked in that plant and was employed there long after it closed salvaging equipment and cleaning up powder residue.
Next time, grab a map. And stop in the museum at the entrance. Elderly gent in there will point you towards interesting places, like the crater caused when two men blew themselves up transporting nitro. I dig your explores, but everything out there is clearly marked between native land, farming research, and public hunting. You missed the reservoir pools up top…..you can climb underneath those if you’re feeling ballsy.
The museum was closed when I went ☹️
Lol then forget what I said. But seriously, little museum is cool. Plus, they sell BOW hats that look like vault boy from fallout.
I have biked by those reservoirs and looked down the access hole that goes about 30 feet down, I didn't go down tho
I was just about to say the same that he missed the water tanks lol
Shoot - now he doesn't seem nearly so brave, not being "in danger" and all. When you can talk to the old man at the entrance museum, lol! It was immediately obvious this place hadn't been abandoned since Nam - in much too good repair, fresh hay in modern round bales, maintained farm machinery, people there. What some guys won't do for You Tube cred.
I do not recall the name of the base or if you mentioned where ir is. But I can tell you that as an old Air Force carpenter, that location is most definitely NOT totally abandoned. I know yjis because of the roofing trusses in some of the buildings. They are almost brand new and even inside a sealed building, the timber of the trusses will age and turn grey or dark brown. They do not remain tellowish tan as those about 4:17 into your video. So be careful, the government has a habit of disguising active assets as abandoned facilities. At the very least it could be a "continuity of government shelter
Sauk prairie recreation area, formally badger munitions
@IAM_GhosT1 you mean Sauk, not suck right? Please?
@@BigWheel. Yes, thank you my auto correct doesn't like Sauk for some reason lol
That or I was offhandedly thinking about the speed limit dropping from 55 > 35 lol
It’s still good to know where these things are in the case of major catastrophic events.
The govt would likely take in stragglers, as it would mean more hands to do what needs to be done and to fill gaps in lost personnel that didn’t make it in time.
I grew up literally right next to this facility. For a short time i lived in the staff village where the command staff lived. It’s pretty much all torn down now but it was amazing coming down the hill when it was all lit up.
Bro, your guesstimating on what things are, is absolutely hilarious and almost ridiculous. 😂
Gonna watch this again, but I believe you two may be the densest young men I have ever encountered. I'm 70.
Why
Why do you call him dense?
@@steves659if you have to ask lol...
@@steves659because he's thick dumb
Rude
My father a retired Army Sgt. says them bunkers were most likely ammo storage bunkers.
Yes they are. I work with them daily. Meant to prevent propegation to other buildings or important assets
they do evil in those places it was probably used to kill people in
Yes, plus there are four larger bunkers that have a raised platform that were utilized for making rocket engines. Sadly one of them was involved in an accident that instantly ended the lives of four people when a rocket engine exploded well they were working on it.
looks like camp to me a prison one @@IAM_GhosT1
Sunflower plant was the biggest manufacturer of smokeless powder. I was recently there doing infrastructure inspections. They are cleaning up the chemicals for the past 20 years with a completion date of 2030.
Great Explore! I went here a few years ago back when I was only taking photos of places
Just to clear things up, yes, the first few buildings were in use as storage, but I decided to add them in to show how these buildings were all very different
They U.S. Military abandoned this base after Vietnam War cause of environmental concerns as chemicals an other stuff that causes of cancer
They’ll open it back up to put Americans in. Cause no one will be ably to own a home or a car.
So...Who is storing stuff in the buildings?
It's used by Ho-Chunk nation, and USDA experimental research (basically farm testing). There is plans to add a new rocket testing area as well.
Pretty cool exploring old military bases
Those tunnels are caged off to protect the bats that live inside there now. I was on the land a few years ago looking for snakes etc.. and happened upon a cemetery. Fun place to explore.
The final building you visited was the final test site for the munitions-firing them and observing their performance. That’s why the heavy glass in the bunker.
When you have a money printing press in the basement printing out monopoly money you can abandon thousands of buildings and equipment at no cost🤨
Be cool to explore in person because of the historical nature.
Interesting place thanks for sharing your video.👏👏🇺🇸🇬🇧
Bonkers stuff. Stay safe King
Badger Ordnance Works/Badger Army Ammunition Plant - been past there a few times when we would vacation in Baraboo from Chicago in the early 1970s. Ive also seen some crates of munitions items we had in the USAF marked Hercules Powder Co, Badger Plant WIS.
This was an amazing place! It's very interesting the place is being watched that closely. The "lost dog" story got me! It looks like they could come up with a better cover story than that on the spur of the moment. I wonder if the reason for the video monitoring is because people are using some of the buildings there for storage, perhaps illegally and they don't want to be found out. It would seem unlikely the owner of the farm equipment and hay would own that property. I also think there was a good possibility there were motion sensors in addition to the cameras. Where you were, it's unlikely any of those people just happened to be there when you were. Glad you got out ok, and like you said, the sights were incredible!
Yeah I still cannot explain how they found me multiple times besides my drone possibly, but even then, it was so remote... I just can't wrap my head around it
@@StringerMedia That sounds like what Glen Campbell found around Area 51. He dug up sensors buried underground and other detection devices on the public land outside the perimeter of the base where it was not illegal for people to be. Many sensing devices plus the cameras is the only explanation that makes sense. Otherwise, I don't see how they located you so many times in such a remote area either.
The farm equipment is owned by the Dairy Forage Research Center. They now own a portion of this property, and have been farming the land for many, many years. Badger Army Ammunition Plant has not been in production for decades, most of the buildings have been torn down, and the land has been divided up. The research center was given some of the land, as well as nearby Devil’s Lake State Park and the Ho Chunk Nation.
Just a FYI, the government leases property to farmers. So yea. I'm pretty sure he's wasn't happy to see random people around the millions of dollars worth of machinery
This is really awesome. New to your channel. Love it and subbed!! 👍
Exploring with Wade thank you homie
Fun fact about this place, in 2005 they removed enough lead from the nearby WI River to kill 255,000 people because of the waste from this plant, that's almost all of the state capitol.
That's insane!!
😮
They only made propellants, not munitions, and yes the surrounding areas got contaminated, but not with lead. They did make test munitions but that wasn't a major function of the facility. The propellants were sent elsewhere to be assembled into ordinance.
😂 sure thing
That whole experience was exciting as well as had me on edge of the fear of getting caught. That was fun. 💐🏆🔥
Brave kid hope he got his bike back 👍
Cool I found your full video on this awesome piece of WI history, thank you stringer. Always cool seeing you post stuff outa wi
I know it's sketchy to go into US government property, but at the same time I was very intrigued. I was led to your channel buy a short video of you guys going into one of those tunnels and you said something about part two but I can't find anything all I could find was that short and then you show the tunnels at the end of this video. But great drone shots I've been really bummed out today because my car got stuck in a ditch and I have to wait for a friend to see if he can help me get it out and I've been really anxious and your video helped me take my mind off of it thank you. I'm glad you got away. When I was younger I used to always snoop around too LOL.
Bro I love the videos , keep it up
That's awesome, I know exactly where that is. It's mostly demolished now and partly open to the public as state park land, (Suak prairie recreation area) if you find my review on Google maps I explain where the public entrance is.
My town is an old abandoned military base..this place looks very similar..same time of construction.
What’s the town name?
If the first sign is correct, it is Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Sauk City, WI., but i thought they burned that shit down years ago..
Much is still there
KOP In Kingsbury Indiana Has Lots Of Bunkers And Was A WW2 Ammunition Plant
I filmed that too
Good explore! Always fun to get chased out, when you get away, right?
Snowman 💯💯
There were fresh hay bales in the barn and fairly new farm equipment. I'm pretty sure they were just trespassing on someone's farm.
There is no way I'd go in that laboratory by myself
Thanks for making this great video! Found it by coming across your short randomly.
I believe this is the place near me outside of Plymouth, WI. Used to be one of the largest munitions making facilities at the time. The story sounds the same… kicked all the farmers out and then the US Gov vacated the facilities a while later.
This is Badger Army Ammunition Plant between Baraboo and Sauk City, Wi.
@@lezlie5513 Yep that’s the place.
It's called tyranny or if you prefer gov overreach
Gov has plenty of land. Needless
Just ride a dirt bike. No way they can catch you
That was the plan, till my parents said no. There's always next time though 😈
Get one of those super fast e-bikes, super stealthy 🥷
@@wasntme3651they are fn fast too. I just rode one for the first time... I've always risen dirt bikes and I was shocked at the get up it had
Get a electric one just for stealth
Your gonna want a Bladed weapon when you go down into those tinnels.
Awesome video
I really like your video of this place here but I hope you get better lights and I'd like to see you come back in revisit this place with better lights. it would be nice to see the place where you can actually see it but besides that ,,
Enjoyed the tour be safe out there
Yes I should order some soon. I want to revisit and go camping here one day
It’s a shame you couldn’t inspect the Tunnels!
YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE REPELLING EQUIPMENT WITH YOU TO GO DOWN AND GET BACK UP OUT OF THE TUNNELS.
Wow great explore folk :)
Great watch. I thought you were facing arrest at any moment.
Could have been many times throughout
Excellent exploration! Great job editing, the additions of drone shots really add to the exploration, really nice video!
Been here tons of times, had the national guard fly blackhawks over me quite a few times when I was near the nitroglycerin bunkers. Got the message to leave
Me too
They use badger for exercises, it’s not unusual that they would be flying over.
@@baileemuth4110 that’s what I was thinking, they seemed like regular flight patterns after I jotted down the course. Must’ve been some night flying training
I was here once last year and the sheriff's were running speed traps up and down 78 with two choppers. They had there spotlights on and kept flying over my car / me every 2 minutes, considering I was trying to look at the stars it was really obnoxious. One at least slightly changed there flight path for me as to not directly light me up. I know they were speed trapping as I tuned in with my scanner.
Update as of April 2024, the nitro bunkers were still there on my recent hike there. The ammo catches that lead into the side of the bluffs aren't bunkers sadly. They only go about 20-30 feet. They were filled with sand at the end of the plants life in the 90s. They were primarily used as a backstop to catch bullets when testing cannon rounds 20mm or larger. They are marked on old maps of the facility as "cannon range". You can see projectile impacts all around the sides and top of the back stops. Really strange to walk there knowing it used to be a live cannon range but cool if you can make your way in from the bluffs. I don't advise trespassing on the native lands to get there but you can still get in through the surrounding state park lands if you look for the right stop. The openings to the catches have been fences off again but you can still climb in if you're willing to. The building that used to house the cannons was recently demolished for safety since it was in a state of immense decay. The whole site is mainly open to the public but the nitro bunkers are still marked as a restricted area. You can still venture to them but I'd bring a respirator in case of asbestos or any other airborne particles. I would avoid going there during the day since many folks hike and walk the roads surrounding it and has a very open approach.
Nice man ! I like how you show the lay of the land with the drone. Helps me see your escape routes 😂✌🏻
I remember driving past this as a kid driving to the dells very cool
Brother this shit is right up my alley!!
Hell yeah bro
Subbed, looks like my channel
Wonder if you could get a small drone inside with a light to the tunnels
Just a heads up much of the building dating back to that time were full of asbestos, even in some of the base housing. Example, Menriv housing/ base in Goose Creek SC
I lived in Goose Creek 83-84. Lived in a new build though.
Awesome stuff
Thanks man
Cordless angle grinder takes out a bar and makes it look like it’s meant to be and then mist with black paint
Gotta get in those tunnels
People are absolutely put themselves in danger when going on old military bases as some of them still have unexploded ordinance on them
No they don't. Our military removes any and all explosives prior to closing their bases.
That is why they are still finding things on closed Ft Ord.
@@killeruploadz9037 unlike America 😂
Darwin! 👍
Stored munitions are moved. Unexploded (fired) munitions are left as it is almost impossible to find all of them. Stay out of UXO areas. There should be signs posted, but not always
Subscribing for this vid alone, bomb editing, m8
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The explosion proof box on the wall is just a light switch. A munitions storage bunker requires all rigid pipe, and these specialized light switches and light fixtures to prevent accidental sparks from trigging an explosion
On what basis do you know this is the largest WW II base? The nation has hundreds of decommissioned military posts each covering thousands of acres. The few bunkers that remain suggests that this was not a large operation. If there was radiological contamination the site would be barricaded and monitored. Your guess that that this may have been a bomb assembly area is a reasonable hunch.
For a non-professional camera operator you did a good job. But I would strongly urge you to take a companion in any future exploration junkets. The risk of falling and injuring yourself makes this a dangerous pursuit without someone to assist you if you need help.
I did lots of research on this place before going. I hope to one day explore every abandoned military ground in the United States. Very cool stuff to me. If you research badger ammunition plant you will see incredible pictures of what this once was. Every building in the video there would have been 20-100 of them if not more. This was the largest ammunition plants in the world, at one time. Keep in mind. That is why I said it was from WW2 the largest.
It was also used through the 70s so whats "original" is more likely to be Vietnam era and not WW2.
@@StringerMedia this was built around the same time as Ravenna Arsenal in Ohio, the Ravenna Arsenal was something like 22,000 acres,. Badger was around 7,500 acres
@@markhenry2558 Wow, that's cool - never knew about some of these other ammunition plants. I grew up near the Iowa Army ammunition plant. Didn't know the size but knew it was big, so I just looked it up & it was around 19,000 acres. Everyone knew that anyone who worked there (including a couple relatives of mine) never talked about what they actually made there. Took until the 2000's for the pentagon to figure out it needed to be - & became - a superfund cleanup site & they had to pay millions in settlements to (surviving) employees from the atomic bomb making time for the cancers & illnesses they had gotten from working there - even a cousin of mine who just worked in laundry (of their uniforms).
@@StringerMediayou should take before and after photos and try to photo the same spots you found past photos of online
I wanted to see the buttons more. Would the drone work down in the tunnels?
I have been all over that place at 8 mins is where they made nitroglycerin. And at the end is not random tunnel it is where they shot into to test their products. And that area is Ho Chuck nation land. There are signs all over
The buttons at the end remind me of the control room from fallout for the vaults
Great Stuff. GREAT INTRO....
Many thanks!
My dad worked at that place for awhile he was one of the workers who made the powdered propellent
I really like your channel right now bruh
Mike Williams II thanks bro
@@StringerMedia be safe because of the virus bro!!
Cool video, just couldn't watch it cause the constant sporadic movement.
FYI the “shower” you found was for for decontamination.
In the bunker? Wtf that’s interesting that it would be there
@@StringerMedia I have no idea where you were but I grew up at a WWII Manhattan Project site developing plutonium and other weapons of war. Those type of showers were common along with the eyewash stations you passed in that big lab. IMHO the reason it’s still monitored is that there are plenty of deadly chemicals “buried or dumped” in places on the property even the old timers couldn’t remember where. Trust me the areas I worked in they’d bulldoze a trench 100 feet deep and several football fields long. Then they’d just drive drive the bulldozers, trucks, barrels , tools that were highly radioactive, not keep accurate records and dig the next trench. Stay safe.
@@StringerMedia it looked like a test chamber where the scientists could look in a peephole to see what’s happening. If the worst happens they can be washed off. When I say washed off, at least with radiation, it’s with Tide and a wire brush until your body isn’t contaminated More useless info to know and tell. 😂
@@psleep4255 geez man that is crazy. I’ve been to several toxic sites but nothing major has happened to me. Hard to imagine walking over a dumping ground would do much
@@psleep4255 ohhh in the lab I see what you mean haha. I couldn’t tell the lab any different than my high school science rooms lol
You lost your bike at the end? What's the name of this place?
What's the song at the start? That house tune? Great video by the way!!
Cave crawl by navies d
I'd find a way to snag-up on that small generator and other goodies.
Tunnel were most likely used for Ammo, chemical shells, and Navy shells storage.
A lot looks like an old munitions factory.
I have spent a lot of time there. There is a ww2 reenactment there every March. On the areas still held by the DOD. I see a lot of spots we fight around. We drove a tank in one of the tunnels and ran into a krout haft track going the other way. It was a hell of a fire fight. It was awesome.
Holy crap dude when is this I’m very interested in seeing it
You maneuver around quite well considering you have balls of brass! Respect 🫡 dude, did you have your friend with you? Your activity being chased.
7:51 that used to have a cylindrical vat of chemicals until Harvey Dent fell into it and became Twoface.
Nice using BR 2049 soundtrack 🔥🔥🔥
What kind of drone did you use to film?
Mavic air. Just got it a week or two ago 😁
My grandpa worked here made explosives when my dad was in the service he stopped in and wanted to say bye to him before leaving again and he said a guy made a call and like 20 minutes later he made it to the front so he must of worked way way in the back of the base.
where is this located?
Whats in front of those tunnels is for defense of those tunnels.
....probably had 50 cals in there....
You had permission correct? Im glad to see curiosity put to good use.
Legend has it the asbestos was all removed, and the lead mercury in the river has all been consumed by the prehistoric paddlefish
Have a sub just for the track choices.
Much appreciated!
Can you drop a link to the video with the fed
Jesse what are you talking about
The tunnels could be hundreds of years old and probably are😮
Is it really fair to call it the largest WW2 base if it was used through 30 years and 3 wars? It would have been continued to be built and facilities updated and maintained through the 70s not left there for 70 years but 40 at most. And exploring abandoned history is great but when its being used by a farmer it isn't abandoned per se and the people using it and those who gave them permission to use it would probably be less than happy about your going in those buildings. Rightfully so...
Technically it is all abandoned after they stopped using it. The farmers just happened to put some hay in there
Kaizer Glick man do you sing? Just curious :)
the giant buildings you asked if somelived there cause it looks like a shower. that was a huge giant water tank that sat there. those were fresh and waste water storage areas i think
What kind of drone do you use? Thank you.
Dji Mavic air
I’m sure if they wanted you by now, they’d have you. After all, you show the location buildings, as well as your face etc. Not difficult to locate your IP. I just think they wanted you off the land for your own safety, and also it gives them a ‘cat and mouse’ game to play.
Second Unit Aerials I do think so for sure. Most likely Indian guards because it’s their land
Great video though, and I’m sure that everyone, including myself, was hoping you would venture into the tunnel under the hill.
Everyone likes the unknown tunnel venture :o)
Second Unit Aerials I will one day
Remember this nobody cares about ur safety besides ur damn self and those close to u the rest could give a fuck less enough with that bs excuse
@@StringerMedialet's go! I'm a local, need buddies for safety!
Are you going to show the full live stream where they chased you on the tm 75
It was up for a day or two. And if u watched the video I was on a bike mate
Well poop I guess I missed it that kinda sucks
@@CuverdPants you couldn't really see anything. I might upload the footage to my second or third extra content channel I suppose
Just be careful man, take it from someone who specializes in exploring places like these, wear gloves, and before entering the buildings put on a respirator or at the very least a face mask to help against particulates floating in the air. I’ve seen a lot of lead paint in your video, and I’m guessing there is asbestos in there too, plus chemical residue on any smooth surface. Keep doing what your doing it’s an amazing hobby but always take a buddy for safety reasons, along with a garmin gps and a strobe/street flares. These things will save your life in the long term. Best of luck adventurer, keep up the good work!
Ngl but those tunnels looks like something that you could find in a Post-Apocalyptic game like Fallout
me personally i would use a fish finder before even attempting something where i don’t have a map
This is Wisconsin for sure..
In watching this, I couldn't help thinking that with a lot of cleanup (a lot of it done by future inhabitants)and installation of water and power, that a lot of homeless people and those with self powered motorhomes, could have a place to live instead in the streets of cities.
Oh no not the black truck!
Hey where was this filmed? I’m extremely curious.
It's at the beginning very easy to find out
They did this for the cows at boys town in Omaha Nebraska. Also Crossroads mall which is being removed now.talk about a shitload of concrete like four stories below ground.
Deadly force authorized
Do Camp Maxey in Texas next
Where was this place roughly? Not exact...like what state?
Wisconsin
Between Sauk City and Baraboo WI