The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

A Cold War atomic camp buried under the ice is now emerging because of global warming.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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

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

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.