Nuclear in Nevada

A desert journey through atomic history.

A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.