Oracle, Arizona, isn’t necessarily a unique destination, but the manufactured structure that exists there is.
Biosphere 2 is a 3-acre closed ecological system initially designed to study human life in an autonomous environment.
Complete with a tropical rainforest, ocean, wetlands, grassland, and fog desert, Biosphere 2 is like a miniature version of Earth under a giant glass dome.
The facility initially made headlines in the ’90s with its two missions that saw crews living inside Biosphere 2 to study human survivability in a closed environment.
Now that it’s focused on research, visitors can tour the facility and explore the biomes in an experience unlike any other.
