This little town of about 1000 people claims the title of the first city in the world to lit by nuclear power back in 1955. The finest restaurant in town is Pickle’s Place serving the world famous Atomic Burger. A park in town has the sail from the ‘Devil Boat’, the USS Hawkbill, SSN-666, a sturgeon class nuclear sub. As strange as this town is, the surrounding area gets stranger. Idaho National Labs owns about 900 square miles just east of here. Two state routes traveling east out of Arco cross INL property. The property is completely restricted except for EBR-1, a now decommissioned breeder reactor that now a museum open to the public (other than this summer – thanks again, Covid19). Southeast of Arco is Atomic City. Once a larger town where workers at INL lived, it now is mainly one bar, one stock car racetrack, and 27 inhabitants, almost a ghost town. Getting stranger, just northwest of Arco is Craters of the Moon National Monument. Formed only 2100 years ago by volcanic activity, the volcanic rock has not had time to break down into soil.