The story
The Cold War boomtown that doesn't officially exist—now a near-ghost town.
Everything that was here
- 1951–present · still open
Mercury, NevadaTown
The Cold War boomtown that doesn't officially exist—now a near-ghost town.
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Connected places
National Atomic Testing Museum - Area 51 Exhibit
Las Vegas, NV
Nevada Test Site
Sedan Crater
Mercury, NV
Nevada Test Site
Nevada National Security Site
Mercury, NV
Nevada Test Site
National Atomic Testing Museum
Las Vegas, NV
Nevada Test Site
The Greenbrier Bunker
White Sulphur Springs, WV
Cold War
Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum
Ashland, NE
Cold War
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Nearby history
Nevada National Security Site
232 Energy Way · 0 m away
Doom Town / Survival Town
Frenchman Flat, Area 5, Nevada Test Site · 16.9 km away
Area 51 Alien Center
5388 US Highway 95 · 36.3 km away
Nevada National Security Site Tours
Nevada National Security Site · 39.1 km away
News Nob
West of Yucca Lake, Nevada Test Site · 44.6 km away
Sedan Crater
Area 10, Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site · 57.7 km away
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