Deepest Place You Can Go In America

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Soudan, Minnesota

Ride the elevator cage almost a half-mile underground, then take the electric train another three-quarters of a mile to the deepest part of this old iron mine, which closed in 1962.

At the very bottom is a mighty, football-field sized room that shelters an laboratory where physicists are looking for dark matter (which shouldn't be difficult to find in a mine, har-har) and are trying to measure the mass of neutrinos. Going this deep and this far underground requires a tour of 90 minutes, so bring lots of warm clothes and the ability to forget that between you and the surface lies more than 2,300 feet of solid rock.

Deepest Place You Can Go In America

Address:
1379 Stuntz Bay Rd, Soudan, MN
Directions:
Hwy 169 to Soudan, then follow the signs for Soudan Underground Mine State Park.
Hours:
Daily Mem. Day wknd - Labor Day, off-season days vary. (Call to verify)
Phone:
218-753-2245

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