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Hanford Site

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

Richland, Washington

B Reactor

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

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Gravity Hill

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

21 miles from Richland

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Twin Sisters

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

23 miles from Richland

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January 3, 2020