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Nevada Week: National Atomic Testing Museum

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Atomic Culture in Vegas

Exploring the cultural impact of atomic bomb testing in 1950s Vegas, from mushroom cloud hairstyles to the tourism boom driven by bomb tests. The chapter also touches on global nuclear events like the Soviet Tsar Bomba test and the Cuban missile crisis.

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