Three stories of atomic tourism. An abandoned Cold War research laboratory in the forests of Georgia. A mysterious pyramid looming over a North Dakotan farming town. A desert road trip exploring scientific and military oddities. Join me as I explore the history behind America’s nuclear age.
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Three stories of atomic tourism. An abandoned Cold War research laboratory in the forests of Georgia. A mysterious pyramid looming over a North Dakotan farming town. A desert road trip exploring scientific and military oddities. Join me as I explore the history behind America’s nuclear age.
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Bigfoot Trap
Jackson County, OR — In the forest near the California and Oregon border, hikers can find a strange artifact — the ruins of a trap meant to capture Bigfoot.
USS Plainview (AGEH-1)
Hungry Harbor, WA — Once the world’s largest hydrofoil, this experimental Navy research ship lays forgotten along the banks of the Columbia River.
Bosco Ramos Statue
Sunol, CA — Bosco isn’t the only dog to be elected town mayor, but he’s the only one at the center of a diplomatic incident between the United States and China.
Velkristan’s Nirvana
Portland, OR — Artifacts from the Kcymaerxthaere dimension can be found all over the world. The closest to me is Velkristan’s Nirvana, a place where the pure of heart can glimpse the Velkri Cane Springs.
Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge
Sumpter, OR — Sumpter is a town filled with relics of the gold rush era, including three mining dredges. One is restored and preserved in time. The other two were left to decay in the elements… if you know where to look.
International Outbreak Museum
Portland, OR — Infectious material, foodborne pathogens and bioterrorism artifacts. The International Outbreak Museum is one scientist’s personal collection of everything contagious.
Kan’ei-ji Temple Insect Memorial
Tokyo, Japan — There’s a curious memorial hidden at the Kan’ei-ji temple. Look carefully and you'll find a monument dedicated to insects that have died in the study of science.
Devil Boat
Arco, ID — Arco seems like an unremarkable small town at first glance. That’s why it’s a shock to see a submarine sail rising from the ground, emblazoned with the numbers ‘666’.
Orenco Woods Nature Park
Hillsboro, OR — These stickwork sculptures would be mildly terrifying if you stumbled across them in the middle of the forest.
Stone Cats at San Pablo Ridge
Richmond, CA — Stone cat sculptures play among the crumbling foundations of this Cold War era Nike missile radar station, and no one knows who’s putting them there.
Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility
Cooperstown, ND — This decommissioned Minuteman Missile Alert Facility is now a Cold War museum, where you can take a tour of the underground Launch Control Center.
Kam Wah Chung & Co.
John Day, OR — The Kam Wah Chung & Co. building is a time capsule of a community mostly forgotten by history — Oregon’s early Chinese immigrants.