
National Atomic Testing Museum
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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Atomic Bomb Test - The Tunnel of Time
Negotiations were concluded in moscow on a treaty to ban all nuclear tests. In the late 19 sixties, billionaire howard hughes bought up a bunch of land casinos and vagas. He became obsessed and incensed by the underground blast that would shake the floors of his casino. Hughes was obviously a bit of an eccentric, but it was a symbol of how much things had changed.
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