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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Nye

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Nye, Nevada

Updated December 9, 2010

Unusual Attractions in Nye

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Nye, Nevada

Yucca Mountain Repository

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

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Nye, Nevada

BREN Tower

Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.

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Nye County, Nevada

Project Faultless Site

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

10 miles from Nye

Tonopah, Nevada

Lunar Crater

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

13 miles from Nye

From the southwest.

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Pritchard's Station

A remarkably well-preserved stage stop from the late 19th century in a remote part of Nevada.

15 miles from Nye

Looking due east across the crater; vehicle for scale.

Duckwater, Nevada

Meteorite Crater

Despite the name, it's unclear if this small depression in northern Nye County was actually caused by falling space debris.

21 miles from Nye

US 6, looking east to a squall, just west of Warm Springs.

Tonopah, Nevada

U.S. 6 in Nevada

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

24 miles from Nye

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