Mounana, Gabon
Oklo Reactor
The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.
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Mounana, Gabon
The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.
Marshall Islands
The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.
Moscow, Russia
Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.
Brno, Czechia
A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.
Paris, France
The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."
Gloucester, England
Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
Ottery Saint Mary, England
Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Williton, England
A collection of retro plastic goods made with "the material of a thousand uses."