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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Richland

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Richland, Washington

Updated May 4, 2020

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Richland, Washington

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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Prosser, Washington

Gravity Hill

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

Touchet, Washington

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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