Graeme Wood

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1 November 2012 • 5:33 pm

Atomic Holiday

I’ve always wanted to visit Mercury, Nevada, site of numerous huge holes in the ground from when the US government blew up nuclear weapons there. Here I report from the proving grounds for The Atlantic.

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