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Inside the Congressional Nuclear Bunker

Matt Farwell is here to take us on a tour of America’s apocalyptic aesthetic.
Matthew Gault
Jun 20, 2024
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We used to build things in America, things like fallout shelters. There’s a luxury hotel on the border between Virginia and West Virginia that’s been a favorite retreat of the D.C. elite for generations. After the fall of the atom bombs in World War II, Washington commissioned an addition to the hotel: a secret fallout shelter that would house Congress …

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