American Nukes

Address: 5050 Santa Fe Drive, Atwater, California, 95301, located at a former military base.
Weapons on Display: One, two, three
Note: Use phone map navigation due to poor signage.
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Address: Hawk Hill, Conzelman Road, Sausalito, California, 94965
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Note: Tours are available during which one the Nike missiles will be raised to firing position from its unground bunker, weather permitting.
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10A Naval Air Road, Oxnard, California, 93033
Note: Near the intersection of S. Oxnard Blvd and Wood Road
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Address: 2001 E Avenue P, Palmdale, California, 93550
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Note: Limited hours, though you can view the Hound Dog through the fence if the gates are closed. Note also the nearby Musical Highway.
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Address: Building 80, 461 Burgan Blvd., Travis AFB, CA 94535
Weapons on Display: Hound Dog with pilon and internals, training Genie, replica Fat Man, plus miniatures of Nike-Ajax, Nike-Hercules, Genie, Mark 7 bomb, Mark 43 bomb, and Rascal.
Note: Located inside the gates of the Air Force Base. See their web page for entry requirements. They will pick you up at the Visitor building and drive you the rest of the way. The museum is volunteer-run–please call on the day of your arrival to ensure that it is open.
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Address: 925 E Street, Hawthorne, Nevada, 89415
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Address: 755 E Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89119
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Note: Sometimes called the National Atomic Testing Museum. Also, chat with the docents—many have had fascinating experiences with nuclear weapons and testing.
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Address: 9160 UT-83, Corinne, Utah, 84307
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Note: Also called the Northrop Grumman Rocket Garden. Special note, from this location you are only forty-five minutes from the famed Spiral Jetty artwork.
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Address: 7961 Cottonwood St, Hill AFB, Utah, 84056 (located outside the Air Force base and open to the public)
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Note: During my two visits here most of the nuclear weapons were shunted off into a corner and the docents had no special knowledge of them.
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Address: 352 E. ‘A’ Street (Airport Way), P.O. Box 104 Wendover, Utah 84083 (Located on the Utah/California border, about halfway along the long, empty drive from Elko, Nevada to Salt Lake City.
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Note: They have both a Little Boy bomb and Fat Man bomb here and, though both are replicas, they are beautifully made replicas. Worth seeing even if neither of the real bombs were ever at this base (which trained the pilots who made the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bomb runs). Be sure to notice the signatures (real ones) of Paul Tibbets (pilot of the Enola Gay) and the other crew members on the Little Boy bomb.
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Address: 7711 East Academy Blvd., Denver, Colorado, 80230-6929
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Address: In Walker Park, at the corner of 139th Street and Long Ave.
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Address: 100 E. 8th Street, Milledgeville, Illinois, 61051
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Note: The school’s mascot is “The Missiles” with their emblem featuring an Honest John. When I was here making photographs (from across the street, not on school property) the school guard came out of the school building and crossed to the street to me to inquire what I was doing. When I told him their missile was an Honest John he was intrigued, said that the principal was a history buff and would be interested to know this, and then escorted me onto the property so I could photograph the missile from closer locations.
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Address: 3714 W. 16th St. Bedford, Indiana, 47421
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Note: If open, it might be a good idea to enter and introduce yourself before lingering on the property.
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Address: Off E. County Road 800 S, near intersection of Eggleston Street.
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Note: Do not enter the military base (though if you do, your destination will be directly in front of you, past the fence, when talking with the entrance guard). Instead, continue on E. County Road 800 S a few hundred feet to the public parking area for this outdoor display.
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Address: 1000 W. Hoosier Blvd., Peru, Indiana 46970
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Note: Grissom Air Base (then called Bunker Hill AFB) was the site of a significant nuclear accident which occurred when a B-58 Hustler carrying five thermonuclear bombs caught fire on the runway and burned, resulting in one death. The plane was carrying four B-43 bombs (70 kilotons each) and one massive B-53 bomb (9 megatons–far larger than anything currently in the US inventory). Here’s a good video about the accident.
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Address: 4300 Veterans Dr, South Bend, Indiana 46628-5509
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Note: Located at the airport, within site of the terminal. There is a museum building but the Talos missiles are outside of the museum.
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Address: Located at Great Falls International Airport, at the intersection of Airport Drive and Airport Avenue A.
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Note: A nuclear air-to-air weapon has only been tested once (in 1957) by the United States, using a Genie missile. The plane that launched the Genie was a F-89j Scorpion—the plane displayed here is the very plane that fired the Genie. Far below, six men stood directly below the blast to demonstrate to the public that high-altitude blasts did not harm those on the ground.
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Address: 28210 W. Park Hwy., Ashland, Nebraska, 68003
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Note: An excellent museum which has its roots as a museum for the US Strategic Air Command. Often called the SAC Museum, it is now run by the State of Nebraska. Though not a nuclear weapons platform, it has the most dramatic display of a SR-71A Blackbird spy plane I’ve seen.
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Address: Located in a city park at the corner of Seventh Street and 12th Avenue.
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Note: Many directions online give an address a block our more away from the actual location.
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Address: Located inside Fort Sill, an active US Army post. Use the text “US Army Artillery Museum” to maps the address given on their web page puts you quite far from the museum area.
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Note: When I visited, access was a simple as signing in but regulations and alert status levels can change without notice. Foreign visitors please check with officials for access availability. This site (in nuclear tourism) is most famous for its display of the Atomic Annie cannon but it also has many other nuclear weapons in its collection.
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Address: 1275 Tullar Rd, Neenah, Wisconsin, 54956
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Note: this is the local high school and visitors should visit the office first before entering school grounds. When I visited and was on my way to the office I was met at the entrance by the school’s guard. When I told them I wanted to photograph the Honest John he was thrilled as he knew of the weapon’s nature (and even had built a small model of the rocket, painted in the school’s colors) but he couldn’t convince the school administrators that the rocket was (or, at least, has been) a weapon. The school’s football team is called the Rockets. (Note to Darin–do I have these high school stories reversed?)
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Address: You can reach the ICBM display by driving to the F.E. Warren Visitor Control Center on Randell Road–that is the building to your right as you face the fortified gate. Do not approach the gate itself, instead park behind the Visitor Control Center and tell them you want to visit the missiles.
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Note: The ICBMs are located outside of the gate but on base property. Check for open hours.
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Address: 300 3rd Ave SW Highway 13, LaMoure. This address will get you very close. The Minuteman is right alongside the highway near the Travel Inn.
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Address: 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, Virginia, 20151
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Address: 100 Museum Drive, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 32542. The museum is located outside of the base perimeter and does not require special access.
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Address: Water St, Warren, New Hampshire, 03279, located next to the church.
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Note: There is a small historical museum located next to the Redstone with additional information on the missile.
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Address: Located next to the Canalside District in Buffalo’s waterfront.
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Note: Three Talos missiles are located aboard the USS Little Rock (two on firing position, one in loading area. An additional missile, perhaps one that used to be displayed inside the South Bend Airport, may be available to view. Additional weapons are located in a storage area adjacent to the ship. A docent may be able to escort you into that area if you ask.
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Address: 2110 New South Post Rd., West Point, New York, 10996
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Note: When I was there the museum was open to the public. Access may have changed—be sure to check entrance requirements before your arrival.
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Address: 2260 International Pkwy, North Canton, Ohio, 44720
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Note: The Genie here is unlabeled and the docents may not be aware of its identity.
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Address: 1100 Spaatz Street Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
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Note: This museum is one the premier places to see military aircraft and nuclear weapons in the United States and probably in the world. Even if you think you nor interested in aircraft give yourself a full day here nonetheless. Boxcar, the plane that dropped the Fat man bomb on Nagasaki is here and much more. Though the museum, the top tourist destination in Ohio, is located on Wright-Patterson AFB, there is full public access.
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Address: Located at the intersection of Old Bernice Road and Railroad St.
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Note: Mapping software may not find this Legion post—if so map to “Dandy Mini Mart, Mildred, PA” instead–the Mace is across the street, plainly visible. Check with the post (the door is around back), if open, before walking around the property.
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Address: Located along US 60 on the river side of this very busy road. Map to the McDonald’s at 1479 MacCorkle Ave, if needed–the rocket is across the street.
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Note: While there is a plaza across the street (where the McDonald’s is) it is probably safer to park in the small children’s park area just down the road and walk back to the Honest John.
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Address: U.S. Space & Rocket Center, One Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama, 35805
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Note: Many of the nuclear weapons are stored outside and are in poor condition. Most are not labeled to identify them as nuclear weapons.
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Address: In Cordele, exit 101 on Interstate 75, right at the exit, the Titan missile is visible from the highway. It is essentially in the parking lot of the gas station and Kystal Restaurant—turn in immediately after getting off the interstate.
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Note: The original sign at the base of the missile used to read (I think entirely in jest) that this was “Confederate Air Force, Pad No. 1.”
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Address: No particular address was found but easy to locate in Hawkinsville, GA 31036
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Note: The Matador si on display just before the entrance to the airfield, on the right.
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Address: 1942 Heritage Blvd., Robins AFB, Georgia, 31098
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Note: The road into the museum is just prior to the road that enters the base. The public has full access to the museum.
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Address: 115 Main St East Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37830
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Note: This is one of a cluster of museums at the Oak Ridge site, a large industrial site where the uranium for the first nuclear bombs was purified. The work done here was the most difficult part of developing a nuclear weapon. This general location is still a working (and secure) national lab but the museums are accessible to the public.
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Address: 303 Norfolk Ave SW, Roanoke, Virginia, 24016
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Note: The Jupiter missile is the only nuclear weapon at this location and is located outside of the museum. Walk along and under the bridge for interesting views of the missile.
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Address: 1580 W. Duval Mine Rd., Green Valley, Arizona, 85614
Weapons on Display: A Titan II missile, still in its silo.
Note: This is a wonderful tour. Check the website and make a reservation. You can get lucky as a walk-in but there is little to see, aside from peering down at the missile through the glass top, without the tour. On the other hand, the view through the glass top is one of the most famous views of a nuclear weapon.
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Address: 6000 E Valencia Rd, Tucson, Arizona, 85756
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Address: Do not use the ‘301 C Street” address on Tripadvisor. The correct location is near the intersection of E. Imperial Dam Rd and State Route 95. Shortly after you turn down E. Imperial Dam Road the open air museum will be on your left. The building there is a visitor center but, when I was there, you did not need to check in. Do not drive by the open air museum area as you are on the military base at this point. The Heritage Museum, in a nearby location deeper on the base, is closed indefinitely.
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Note: Many sources will indicate that an M65 canon—the same model but not the same unit that fired the atomic artillery shell—is on display at the intersection of 95 and E. Imperial Dam Rd. When I was there in 2023 the M65 had been removed for restoration and a similar-looking (but non-atomic) canon was in its place.
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Address: 601 Eubank Blvd SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87123
Weapons on Display: This is an entire museum dedicated to nuclear weapons with a wide-ranging collection.
Note: My photo project originated here when I decided it would be funny to produce a dozen Christmas cards adorned with nuclear warheads–the project grew from there. The museum is also called The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History.
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Address: 1450 Central Avenue, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87544
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Note: The “Bradbury” in the museum’s name is not Ray Bradbury, the seminal science-fiction writer, but Norris Bradbury, the scientist who took over the Los Alamos Laboratory after Oppenheimer’s resignation in 1945, soon after the end of World War II and became the lab’s longest-serving director. The museum is part of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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Address: Approach along Owen Road/213 and park at the Visitor Control Center on the right, before the fortified gates. You will need a pass to reach the rocket garden, just beyond the gates. See the website for required documentation and access for foreign citizens. You will walk from the visitor center to the rocket garden.
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Note: Do not photograph the gate or even point the camera at the gate area. There is a museum building in the rocket garden but it was not open when I visited.
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Address: 1601 E NASA Parkway, Houston, Texas, 77058
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Note: Research and sign up for one of their tours—there is little to see otherwise. Although a popular tourist destination, I found my tour to be of low quality, with a young guide who did not know much about what we were seeing, a poor sound system on the trolly that made hearing difficult, and most memorably, a bully at the Saturn V building that allowed us only two minutes (literally) to view the huge horizontal Saturn V rocket, supposedly one of the major highlights of the Space Center, before barking us out of the building.
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Address: 3038  W 35th St. Austin, Texas, 78703
Weapons on Display: An Honest John in front of the museum.
Note: The museum is located inside Camp Mabry, a state military camp, and you will have present an ID at the gate and then drive through the camp to reach the museum.
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Address: 6911 Lemmon Ave, Dallas, Texas, 75209
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