OT: What historical place(s) do you bike/live near?

[TsPoet]

If you are into mass destruction, I live near the Hanford Nuclear Site.
If you are into exploration, I live near (right on) the Columbia River - where Lewis and Clark hung out for awhile.
Actually, those two things are intimately related (need water to process plutonium).
Neither results in good picts, really.
I've kayaked down the Hanford Reach a couple of times. Once with a guy who was involved with the cleanup of the nuclear sites, interesting talks from him about the processing plants you can see along the banks. Not allowed to get out of the kayaks (above high water line) 'cause it's all the nuclear reservation.
http://www.fws.gov/hanfordreach/

[texas_emily]

If you are into mass destruction, I live near the Hanford Nuclear Site.
http://www.fws.gov/hanfordreach/

Continuing with the nuclear legacy, I used to live in Oak Ridge, TN. One of my favorite rides used to take me past the gates to Oak Ridge National Lab, the Y-12 weapons facility, and the former K-25 plant (where uranium was processed for the Manhattan Project). The gates and ultra-industrial infrastructure were pretty wild.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-25

[TsPoet]

Continuing with the nuclear legacy, I used to live in Oak Ridge, TN. One of my favorite rides used to take me past the gates to Oak Ridge National Lab, the Y-12 weapons facility, and the former K-25 plant (where uranium was processed for the Manhattan Project). The gates and ultra-industrial infrastructure were pretty wild.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-25

Actually, uranium was mined in Oak Ridge and processed in Hanford, then sent on to Los Alamos where it was put into the bomb.
No one knows about Hanford - but all three labs were necessary to build the darned thing.
I ride my bike out to the gates, which are still access with government clearance only. Hot, brown terrain with a giant river running through it.