Formerly serving Mexico City and the second largest landfill in the world, Bordo Poniente was also the filming location for the dystopian Los Angeles of the future in the 2013 film Elysium.

The crew filmed at the dump for two weeks, and the 975 acre landfill was unceremoniously closed shortly after the shoot. Today, Bordo Poniente is undergoing a clean-up effort from the Mexican government and the Clinton Foundation.

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In late 1972 through 1973 Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward met six times with his source 'Deep Throat' at a parking garage (specifically spot 32D) at this location in Arlington, Virginia. With Deep Throat's information, President Nixon's role in the Watergate coverup was exposed which led to Nixon's resignation in 1974.

In 2005 it was revealed that Deep Throat was Mark Felt, the FBI's number two man at the time.

A historical marker marks the spot where they met. As of 2013 the garage is still standing, although there are rumors that it will soon be torn down.

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And yes, of course, Joe remembers Bletchley, with its mysterious Nissen huts in various stages of decay, surrounded by suspect little hills which were clearly anything but, and the sprawling red-brick house which had been home to the greatest mathematicians an embattled Britain could lay hands on.

– Angelmaker, Nick Harkaway

The U.K.'s codebreakers cracked codes here during World War II. It's currently a museum.

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A young Clark Kent saves a busload of his classmates when it drives off the Serena Bridge into the Fox River, east of Serena on Hwy 52.

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The downtown of Plano, Illinois was a filming location for Man of Steel, standing in for Superman's hometown of Smallville, Kansas.

The storefronts of 7-11, Sears, and IHOP were added as instantly recognizable symbols of Americana (as well as lucrative product placement), only to be immediately destroyed by Kryptonian fisticuffs.

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