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

[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.