It’s high time we named seven new wonders, seven fascinating places worthy of the cinema
Nekoma Pyramid - Dakota, USA
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The seven wonders of the ancient world having now disappeared, save for the Pyramid of Giza, it was high time we named seven new wonders. According to completely biased criteria. Seven wonders, seven fascinating places worthy of the cinema.
Nekoma Pyramid - Dakota, USA
Ancient wonder: Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza, Egypt
This splendid relic of the Cold War with its decapitated peak reminds us of a Mayan funerary temple. In appearance at least. Because the Stanley R. Mickelson Safeguard Complex was built to launch hundreds of anti-ballistic missiles capable of intercepting Soviet rockets. The powerful beam of its electronic scanning radar, in the form of a white eye, allowed multiple targets to be followed at the same time. Put into operation in 1975, the brand new site was decommissioned during a vote by Congress stopping the Safeguard Program, just 24 hours after it had reached full operational capacity. For a short period after its deactivation, the buildings making up its barracks were transformed into a youth camp, until the Reagan administration cut the funding. What wonderful memories this vibrating playground must have given the young and lucky chosen few. Abandoned and then sold by the State in the 1990s, the pacifist religious group called Hutterites who lives 400 kilometers away, repurchased the site at auction for $530,000 in order to extend their colony. Apart from a few crops of rapeseed, the group has never made use of the magnificent pyramid, suspected to be haunted after a mysterious death. Keep in mind that the Hutterites are offering to sell the complex for the sum of $3.5 million. A fixed price that they stubbornly refuse to negotiate.