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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Nye County

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

Updated October 10, 2022

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Brick house at the  Nevada Test Site

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Atomic Survival Town

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Sedan Crater

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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.

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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.

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Icecap Ground Zero

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

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Tybo

Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.
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