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Abandoned Property, Lisbon Road

8/2/2016

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Overview

This run-down old farmhouse is directly across from the Brookfield Soccer complex. It features a porch that's falling apart, a half-open door, and a few outdoor buildings in equal states of despair. Due to location, you're sure to be seen by passing cars during the daytime, but after 9 PM or before 7 AM you're usually pretty safe.

Directions + parking

Drive or walk to the Brookfield Soccer complex on Lisbon road, found after taking a left off of Capitol coming from Sendik's. Park on the street on One Mile road or in the Brookfield Soccer complex parking lot for the easiest access. You'll see it right away - below are images of the front and side of the house and its two small barns.
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Hidden Treehouses

7/25/2016

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​Next time you're by Storms Driving Range, walk around to the back and take a right to see the most well-built tree-house I've yet to explore. A second, smaller one lies nearby, but the first treehouse is where it's at. Warning: you'll have to cross a river to get into the field, which lies beyond Storms, unless you cross the grassy ridge in line with the middle of the driving range.
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Treehouse One Location

Coordinates: 43.042407, -88.109729

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The Quarry

7/25/2016

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There are a variety of entrances to this location ranging from a quick ten-steps from the car to an afternoon-worthy hike. With a mile-long trail all-around, it's a great place for the most treacherous run of your life. Come at night for an illegal swim party, travel to the island in the center to look up at the stars, or just simply explore this area to feel as if you're thousands of miles away from home instead of one mile from Brookfield East.

Lower rim access

This route is the easiest and least fun way to access the quarry, but it will get you there. Park in the end of the neighborhood on Waynescott Road and enter the woods to the left of the house with the American flag. There should be a trail to follow that will take you right to the water. You'll have to pass a "No Trespassing - Private Property" sign, but that's how you'll know you're going the right way.

Upper ridge access

Park at the Ridgewood Baptist church at 2720 Lilly Road and enter the woods near the "No Trespassing - Private Property" signs. If you weave through the woods, you should find a trail that will take you to the upper ridge of the quarry. You can walk the entire distance around the lake (1 mile) on this path and there are a few treacherous routes from the rim down to the water if you want to go in. This route is by far the hardest and longest way to get to the water - courtesy of the boys' cross country team circa 2014.

Getting caught

There's usually no one patrolling this site, but sometimes they pay a teenage guy in a kayak to sit in the middle and yell at trespassers. Every person I've encountered is pretty friendly and will let you off the hook if you just apologize for being at the site and promising to leave. You won't get in any trouble unless you're bringing in illegal substances.

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M-72 Nike Missile Launch Site

7/24/2016

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Probably the most common among Brookfield kids, this site is better for more than impressing your girlfriend by making out with her underneath the tower. Climb the inner metal structure of the radar launch to reach the top, where you can see out over a hill toward the lights of Capitol (romantic, I know). Then, climb on down and break into the old storage building to find what is referred to as "the Dungeon," a spooky and mostly-unexplored warehouse of Cold War remnants.
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Directions

Search "Hillcrest Park" in your map app. Park wherever you want in Hillcrest. The tower that you can climb should be obvious as soon as you arrive, but the building is harder to find. It's not the one you see when you drive in - it's the one by the giant fenced-in area to the right of the Missile Launch radar tower. The door to the leftmost side (closest to the tower) is the one easiest to open. Good luck!
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History

During the Cold War, the United States was peppered with Missile Launch sites, like this one owned by Nike. The tower that everyone climbed never contained a missile, but was instead a radar tower for monitoring the area. There was originally a ladder that would take workers to the top, but it was stripped when the site closed down. You can still see the metal sides of where the ladder used to be. The only remaining way to climb the tower is to go up the metal structure inside and through a hole.

The actual missile was kept in the large concrete area that is still fenced off. Any extra equipment belonged in the building below this, now known as "The Dungeon." Workers at the site have told me that they aim to convert this building into a small Cold War museum in the next few years since they're sick of "intruders" like myself.

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