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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Nye County

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

Updated October 4, 2024

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Brick house at the Nevada Test Site

Nye County, Nevada

Atomic Survival Town

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Sedan Crater, circa 1946–1962

Nye County, Nevada

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.
A stone with its trail on Bonnie Claire Playa

Nye County, Nevada

Sailing Stones of Bonnie Claire Playa

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.
One of the Icecap shot towers.

Nye County, Nevada

Icecap Ground Zero

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

Nye County, Nevada

Tybo

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