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This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

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

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

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

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

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

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

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

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

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.

The walls of the statehouse tell the story of Ohio’s prehistoric past.

This statue standing near Sweden's southernmost point was based on the grandmother of a modern movie star.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.