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Landmark Hotel

The Landmark Hotel and Casino was an off-strip innovation located across from the city’s convention center. A Kansas City developer named Frank Carroll bought land previously occupied by a gas station, and in 1962, construction began. Carroll’s creditors, however, soon ...

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Los Alamos Neutron Science Center

Established over 70 years ago in the high desert of northern New Mexico, the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) primary responsibility is assuring the safety and reliability of our nation's nuclear program. Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New ...

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Weapons Neutron Research Facility

In New Mexico there is the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) which is the home of the Weapons Neutron Research (WNR) Facility. The facility, built in 1943, was born of a need to develop nuclear arms during the Cold War ...

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Weapons Neutron Research Facility

In New Mexico there is the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) which is the home of the Weapons Neutron Research (WNR) Facility. The facility, built in 1943, was born of a need to develop nuclear arms during the Cold War ...

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Livermore Carnegie Library

Built by grants from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation and other local contributors, the Livermore Carnegie Library opened its doors in May of 1911. The library traces its roots back to the Livermore Public Library Association of 1878 and then later ...

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La Fonda on the Plaza

The Spanish settled Santa Fe in 1607. Since then, the Santa Fe Plaza has always featured an inn, also known as a “fonda” in Spanish. However, the presence of the Spanish inn since the establishment of the city lacks formal ...

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Bandelier Long House

Lines of holes and small caves along the cliff-face of the Pajartio Mesa stand testament to the Ancestral Pueblo people who resided in the Frijoles Canyon area in the twelfth century. The National Parks Service now protects the remains of ...

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Los Alamos Acid Canyon

Acid Canyon is a tributary of Pueblo Canyon located in the Pajarito Plateau Region of Los Alamos County twenty-five miles northwest of Santa Fe. Currently, the area is a popular hiking destination, but in the early years of the United ...

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Los Alamos Airport

Built in 1947 on top of a large mesa, the Los Alamos Airport supported the Atomic Energy Commission’s military requests by flying in top-secret equipment and personnel. Owned and operated by the Federal Government until 2008, the airport was essential ...

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Los Alamos Laboratory Main Gate

Located in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, the main gate to the Los Alamos laboratory served as a barrier protecting United States’ atomic research from the public. During the Second World War, German scientists discovered uranium fission, and the United ...

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