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Bombs

The tunnel connects with the Treasury's dry moat

Washington, D.C.

FDR's Bomb Shelter

The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.

A practice (inert) bomb is bounced during a training flight by members of RAF 617 Squadron at Reculver bombing range in Kent.

A Piece of a WWII 'Bouncing Bomb' Washed Up on an English Beach

It was just for practice.

Samir S. Patel March 31, 2017

Dozens of Previously Hidden Nuclear Test Videos Declassified, Uploaded to YouTube

Mushroom clouds galore.

Erik Shilling March 16, 2017

The two grenades.

These Two WWII-Era Grenades Were Found in a 91-Year-Old's Refrigerator

A Rockland County, New York, bomb squad eventually cleared the scene.

Erik Shilling February 27, 2017

Monument to the Bombardment of Ellwood in Goleta, California.

Goleta, California

Monument to the Bombardment of Ellwood

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

Strategic Air Command headquarters in the 1960s.

In the 1960s, Telegraph Poles Were Equipped With Nuclear Bomb Alarms

They were simple-looking white canisters.

Sarah Laskow January 11, 2017

A US-made grenade from the same era.

Found: A 90-Year-Old Live Grenade Sitting in a Museum Closet

The museum called the bomb squad.

Sarah Laskow January 6, 2017

An ordinary nutcracker that probably won't explode.

Found: A Hand Grenade Disguised as a Nutcracker

A man in Shaanxi had been using it to crack nuts for decades.

Cara Giaimo December 28, 2016

A statue of the Roman emperor Augustus in the center of Augsburg.

WWII Bomb Discovery Sparks Christmas Evacuation

54,000 residents of Augsburg will have to leave their homes on Christmas Day.

Cara Giaimo December 23, 2016

Tree and shrub growth has softened the crater but it's scale is still apparent

Burton-on-Trent, England

The Hanbury Crater

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.

Dallas Police Release Training Materials for Its Now Infamous Bomb Robot

They probably hadn't previously considered weaponizing it.

Matthew Guariglia October 6, 2016

The Brahma Phra Phom.

Bangkok, Thailand

Erawan Shrine

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

Permanently Closed

The House

Guatape, Colombia

La Manuela Hacienda Ruins

Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.

Why You’ll Never Be Able to Block a Presidential Alert

It will always go through.

Erik Shilling September 19, 2016

The Jean Nicoli on a more normal day.

Mysterious Underwater Boom Sparks Ferry Evacuation In France

Officials still aren't sure what caused the blast.

Cara Giaimo August 2, 2016

The most destructive part of the blast was the cloud of radioactive water.

Decades Ago, the U.S. Military Set Off a Nuke Underwater, And It Went Very Badly

So they tried it four more times.

Sarah Laskow July 19, 2016

Map: There Are Hundreds of Police Robots in Cities Across the U.S.

American police killed a human with a robot for the first time ever in Dallas. How many more robots are there?

Cara Giaimo and Sarah Laskow July 8, 2016

B-52 Wreckage in Huu Tiep Lake

B-52 Wreckage

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.