The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.

Feast on Caribbean classics from curry goat to black cake.

Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.

Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.

Send your taste buds to South Asia at a sumptuous Southern dinner party.

Feast on kebabs, dips, and house-made breads in the heart of Nashville’s Little Kurdistan.

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

Bone marrow-loaded birria with handmade corn tortillas—need we say more?

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”