Braidwood is a city in Will County, Illinois, United States, approximately 53 miles (85 km) southwest of Chicago and 18 miles (29 km) south of Joliet. The population was 5,203 at the 2000 census. The Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant currently owned by Exelon Corporation, is also located in the area (although the plant's address is actually in the nearby town of Braceville).
The Son Doong Cave in Vietnam is the biggest cave in the world. It's over 5.5 miles long, has a jungle and river, and could fit a 40-story skyscraper within its walls. But nobody knew any of that until about six years ago.
CAVES, LAKES & CORVETTES. If youâre looking for adventure, thereâs no better place to find one than Kentuckyâs Caves, Lakes & Corvettes Region. Mammoth Cave National Park, home of the worldâs longest cave system at 400 miles explored so far, celebrates 200 years of cave tours in 2016. It has been a national park for 75 years and has been honored by UNESCO as one of only 23 World Heritage Sites in the United States.