A famously unsettling sightseeing destination in Nevada announced that all future tours are canceled after decades of tours.
The Nevada National Security Site [NNSS], a 680-mile stretch of desert used during the Cold War for nuclear tests and became synonymous with fear through chilling public broadcasts, canceled its tours in a statement.
'Due to funding uncertainty, public tours of the Nevada National Security Site have been canceled through 2026,' reads its website.
'Going forward, public tours will be evaluated dependent on the budget situation at that time.'
The tours, which could accommodate up to 50 guests at a time, covered 250 miles after departing from the Atomic Museum. At it's peak, the tours attracted over 10,000 visitors a year.
Patrons were shown sites such as Mercury, a base camp 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas that served as living quarters for civilian and military test personnel.
The mini town featured its own Olympic-size swimming pool and a popular bowling alley frequented by residents.
Mercury was considered the gateway to NNSS and was bustling with life for over 40 years, from 1951 to 1992.
The Nevada National Security Site canceled all it tours for the rest of the year after not enough funds in their budget
Tours consisted of guests seeing roughly 250 miles of the 680-mile stretch of desert where nuclear tests were conducted during the Cold War
However, many of the structures on Mercury have been demolished or repurposed today.
Another jaw-dropping but chilling site was the massive Sedan Crater, which was formed in 1962 after a 104-kiloton thermonuclear device was detonated underground.
The bomb left a crater 1,280 feet in diameter and 320 feet deep, roughly the size of four football fields and as deep as a 30-story building.
The detonation dispersed 12 million tons of land and released seismic energy equivalent to an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.75 on the Richter Scale.
According to NNSS, the crater was a popular spot and, at one point, had more than 10,000 tourists a year.
The Sedan Crater was one of the more popular sites visited by guests. According to NNSS, at one point, had more than 10,000 tourists a year visiting the crater
Annie was the first nuclear test to be nationally televised, conducted in 1953. Two colonial two-story homes were built 3,500 and 7,500 ft from a 300-ft tower that held the 16-kiloton device
In 1994, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service.
Among the several eerie spots to visit on site, replicas of cities may have been the creepiest.
The fake towns were built in order to simulate the effects of a nuclear blast on 'a typical American community,' according to the NNSS.
Annie was the first nuclear test to be nationally televised, conducted in 1953.
Two colonial two-story homes were built 3,500 and 7,500 ft from a 300-ft tower that held the 16-kiloton device.
The homes, which were fitted with mannequin appliances and food, were both badly damaged, but the house at 3,500 ft within range of the bomb was 90 to 95 percent destroyed, according to the outlet.
Both houses were later demolished.
Many of the original structures from the testing site have been demolished or restored. Testing sites such as NSS inspired the Call of Duty: Black Ops map Nuketown
Guests would also have visited a similar site, such as the Apple 2 Houses, another site built to test the impact of an explosion on the average American community.
Call of Duty: Black Ops, a popular video game released in 2010, featured a beloved map by gamers inspired by nuclear test sites in the 1950s, similar to Annie and Apple 2, called Nuke
The tours were conducted monthly to help the public learn how the Site has evolved over the years.
The Daily Mail has reached out to NNSS for comment.