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10 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Nye County, Nevada

Updated October 4, 2024
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Operation Teapot, April 15, 1955

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Atomic Survival Town

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Sedan Crater, circa 1946–1962

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Sedan Crater

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

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Atomic Bank Vault

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

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
A stone with its trail on Bonnie Claire Playa

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Sailing Stones of Bonnie Claire Playa

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

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Warm Springs Ghost Town

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.
One of the Icecap shot towers.

Nye County, Nevada

Icecap Ground Zero

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