Black Hole of Los Alamos in Los Alamos

Black Hole of Los Alamos is permanently closed.This entry remains in the Atlas as a record of its history, but it is no longer accessible to visitors. Seller of surplus nuclear research materials. Los Alamos, New Mexico The Black Hole front entrance An aisle. This is the trailer of some of Ed’s favorite stuff that isn’t for sale. Awesome items include a can of U.S. Gov’t Emergeny Drinking Water, nixie tubes, and an electron microscope. Ask to go into this trailer. One of the thousands of piles of stuff About The Black Hole sells surplus equipment acquired from the Los Alamos National Laboratories. They sell everything from 1950's era oscilloscopes to liquid nitrogen dewars, from dials, knobs & calculators to A-bomb detonator cables. It is a museum of nuclear research where everything is for sale. Update March, 2017: This business is no longer in operation. Discover your next amazing Atlas Place. Get more unusual and extraordinary places each week with the Atlas Obscura Places newsletter. Your newsletter subscriptions with us are subject to Atlas Obscura's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Related Tags Published August 26, 2011 Nearby Places Explore the Destination Guide Related Places Visaginas, Lithuania Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant Step inside a Soviet-designed nuclear power plant with RBMK reactors identical to the ones in Chernobyl. Middletown, Pennsylvania Three Mile Island Historical Marker On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. McMurdo Station, Antarctica Observation Hill The steep slope known as “Ob Hill” overlooks an Antarctic research station. Helen, Washington Hanford Reach National Monument The only undammed section of the Columbia River in the United States has been preserved, ironically, by its proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.