Update: I’ve added new photos from my 2025 six-week, cross-country trip. Updated galleries are marked with an asterisk.
Update 2: I’ve added sixteen nuclear weapons sites that you can visit in the United States to my “Nuclear Tourism” list. Go see them for yourself!
What Nuclear Weapons Look Like
I’ve crisscrossed the country and have driven over 35,000 miles to thirty-five states to make photographs of nuclear weapons. I wanted to see what they looked like, to learn about them, to try to understand the perils they present.
Click below to see my photographs and to learn about the weapons—or make plans to visit them yourself.
A New Kind of Weapon
Trinity, Little Boy, Fat Man, and the post-WWII years.
The Buildup Begins
Early Cold War nuclear weapons, in a variety of forms.
Mark 8 • Mark 7* • Atomic Annie • Matador* • Corporal* • Honest John* • Regulus* • Genie* • Nike-Hercules* • Bomarc*
Your Nuclear Weapons
The arsenal today.
B61 bomb • B83 Bomb • Minuteman III • Trident II • AGM-86 Cruise Missile