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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Richland

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Richland, Washington

Updated January 24, 2026
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Front face of the B Reactor. Taken 10/27/2022 on public tour.

Richland, Washington

B Reactor

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.
Hanford Reactor

Richland, Washington

Hanford Site

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

Richland, Washington

LIGO Hanford Observatory

One of two observatories in the U.S. that routinely detect gravitational waves.
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USS Triton Sail Park

The sail of the first nuclear sub to circumnavigate the world.
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Gravity Hill starting line.

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Gravity Hill

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.
21 miles from Richland

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Juniper Dunes Wilderness Area

One of the northernmost occurrences of western juniper can be found in the sand dunes of Washington's Palouse.
22 miles from Richland
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Twin Sisters

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.
23 miles from Richland
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Stories About Richland

Tumbleweeds got stuck in Bessie’s grill.

Tumbleweeds Usually Tumble, But Sometimes They Tornado

Matt McKnight caught a botanical maelstrom on camera in Eastern Washington.
by Jessica Leigh Hester, Atlas Obscura
May 4, 2020
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A Blizzard of Tumbleweeds Caused a 10-Hour Traffic Jam in Washington State

Cars slowed to a halt on State Route 240, but the plants just kept bounding along.
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January 3, 2020
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