James Pasley News Today

No matter how intrigued you may be, there are certain areas youre forbidden to explore. The following places may tantalize your curiosity \u2014 but keep out.

According to the US Department of Energy, the final death count in Hiroshima over the next five years was almost 200,000.

While the army base used to be responsible for creating chemical weapons and, at one point, testing them on US soldiers, it now only analyzes them.

In the 1940s, US physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer led a team of 4,000 people to develop the world's first atomic bomb.

Before the EPA, the US environment was not federally protected. Here are 35 vintage photos showing US cities before regulations limited the damage.

Despite being underreported, it was the third worst nuclear accident ever, coming in only after Chernobyl and Fukushima.

Sentosa Island used to be called "Pulau Blakang Mati," meaning "the island behind which lies death."

Creator Ruth Handler capitalized on the idea that girls no longer wanted to grow up to be housewives.

Employees were interrogated under bright lights without lawyers. They were told to name anyone who was gay and employed by the government.

One woman who rode the falls said she would rather walk into the mouth of a cannon and get "blown to pieces" than do it again.