West Virginia

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Image of Congressional Fallout Shelter at the Greenbrier Resort located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, US | One of the three blast doors leading to the fallout shelter built for the US Congress in the 1950s underneath the Greenbrier Resort.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, US

Congressional Fallout Shelter at the Greenbrier Resort

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress

Known as Project X, Project Casper and eventually as Project Greek Island, and designed with relative luxury, this congressional fallout shelter remained a state secret until 1992. In the mid... »

Odd Accommodations, Subterranean Sites | Edited by LeahC, Dylan and others

Image of Green Bank Telescope located in Green Bank, West Virginia, US | The Robert C. Bryd Green Bank telescope
Green Bank, West Virginia, US

Green Bank Telescope

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope

Dedicated in 2000, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is the most technically advanced single-dish radio telescope in the world. Its 110-meter by 100-meter dish boasts more than two... »

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Image of TNT Area located in West Virginia, US | One of the TNT Area's distinctive "igloo" bunkers
West Virginia, US

TNT Area

Scene of the infamous Mothman sightings

For a brief period in late 1966 and early 1967 the West Virginia Ordnance Works, better known to locals as the TNT Area, was home to one of America's most famous mythical creatures - the Mothman.... »

Disaster Areas | Edited by Dave and Dylan

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