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Avian Quarantine Facility

Newburgh, New York
detains all imported birds for a mandatory 30-day quarantine
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Cherenkov Radiation, Nuclear Waste Storage Facility

Washington State
stainless-steel nuclear-waste capsules
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Forensic Anthropology Research Facility, Decomposing Corpse

Knoxville, Tennessee
"the body farm"
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White Tiger (Kenny), Selective Inbreeding

Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Kenny suffers from mental retardation
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Playboy, Braille Edition

Library of Congress
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Cryopreservation Unit

Clinton Township, Michigan
preserves 74 legally dead human patients
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Contraband Room, United States Customs and Border Protection

Queens, New York
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Live HIV, HIV Research Laboratory

Harvard Medical School
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Death-Row Outdoor Recreational Facility, "The Cage"

Mansfield Correctional Institution in Ohio
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Transatlantic Submarine Cables Reaching Land

endpoint in Avon, New Jersey
transmit as many as 60 million simultaneous conversations
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The CIA, Art

CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia
an image of fine art on display
Photographer
Taryn Simon