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Rio Blanco County, Colorado
Project Rio Blanco Nuclear Test Site
Plaque commemorating the location of a underground nuclear bomb test in the 1970s.
Mercury, Nevada
Nevada National Security Site
A desert journey through atomic history.
Visaginas, Lithuania
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
Step inside a Soviet-designed nuclear power plant with RBMK reactors identical to the ones in Chernobyl.
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This Public Bathroom in a Sleepy English Village Was an Epicenter for Cold War Espionage
Located across from a bookstore in Alresford, England, this public toilet served as an information superhighway for spies.
Middletown, Pennsylvania
Three Mile Island Historical Marker
On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Geographical Institute of the University of Porto
A seismograph and a bunker from the Cold War still sit under this university building.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Observation Hill
The steep slope known as “Ob Hill” overlooks an Antarctic research station.
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Tragedy Lingers Inside Chornobyl's Abandoned City
It’s been nearly 40 years since a reactor exploded at this Soviet nuclear power plant, but disaster has a long half-life.
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10 Places to Wait Out the End of the World
The end is always nigh.
Helen, Washington
Hanford Reach National Monument
The only undammed section of the Columbia River in the United States has been preserved, ironically, by its proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Visaginas, Lithuania
Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Saint John
Originally built for nuclear power plant workers, this church sits between apartment buildings.
Upton, New York
Brookhaven Gamma Forest
Starting in 1961, Brookhaven National Labs regularly irradiated a section of forest with a canister of Cesium-137 to study the effects of hard gamma radiation on an ecosystem.
Maralinga Tjarutja, Australia
Woomera Ground Zero for British Atomic Tests
This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Main Gate Park
This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.
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5 of Our Favorite Podcasts Exploring Surprising Bits of Human History
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Krakow, Poland
Nuclear Bunkers of Nowa Huta
An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.
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Make This Fallout Shelter–Friendly 1960s Ham Spread
The author of this recipe hoped you would never need it.
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What Would You Eat in a Cold War Fallout Shelter?
Nuclear war readiness meant stocking the pantry and recipes for canned ham salad.
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