<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of Only in Your State . . ,<div><br></div><div><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: arial, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; font-size: 26px; margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.25em;">Step Inside The Creepy, Abandoned Town Of Atomic City In Idaho</h1></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Atomic City, Idaho, is what many individuals consider to be the creepiest abandoned town in Idaho. Sitting at the edge of the sprawling 890-square mile Idaho National Laboratory complex, this modern-day ghost town has a shocking nuclear history that drove residents away in the 1950s and continues to keep visitors at a distance. Here, in 1961, the country’s first fatal nuclear explosion took place — not even a decade after a dangerous reactor meltdown left the town paralyzed with fear. Today, while not fully abandoned, Atomic City stands desolate and scarred by the radioactive fatalities of the past with only a handful of residents remaining as a living legacy of the tragic events.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But while most people stay far, far away from this nuclear town, the haunting remnants of the community do draw a few brave souls every year — one of whom documented these bleak modern ruins in his book<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.hcn.org/issues/48.3/the-poisoned-landscapes-we-leave-behind" target="_blank" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: 0px;"><span style="color: blue; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Wilderness to Wasteland</span></em></a>. The book captures the chilling, dystopian afterlife of America’s most polluted and contaminated places via poignant photography. But perhaps even more humbling than the photos is an in-depth look at the history of this forgotten town itself. It’s easy to see why this is the creepiest abandoned town in Idaho.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Complete article (with photos)</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; outline: 0px;"><a href="https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/idaho/id-atomic-city/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=idaho&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=nltitle1">https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/idaho/id-atomic-city/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=idaho&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=nltitle1</a></p></div><div><br></div><div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></body></html>