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Bologna, Italy
Bologna Centrale Bombing Memorial
A memorial to the deadliest terror attack during an unsettled period of Italy’s recent history.
Lincolnshire, England
Petwood Hotel Bouncing Bomb
The remains of a legendary WWII weapon prototype.
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10 Places to Wait Out the End of the World
The end is always nigh.
London, England
Stairway to Heaven Memorial
An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.
Elblag, Poland
Galleria EL
This bombed church was given a new life as a contemporary art gallery.
Fordingbridge, England
Ashley Walk Illuminated Target
Hidden from the ground but visible from above, this arrow target in the New Forest is part of Hampshire's rich World War II history.
Maralinga Tjarutja, Australia
Woomera Ground Zero for British Atomic Tests
This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.
Belgrade, Serbia
We Were Just Children
Memorial to the 89 children killed during the NATO bombing of Serbia.
Belgrade, Serbia
The Why? Memorial
A NATO bombing took the lives of 16 civilians in 1999—the ruins remain in the center of Belgrade.
Krakow, Poland
Nuclear Bunkers of Nowa Huta
An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.
Stockport, England
Stockport Air Raid Shelters
Nicknamed the 'Chestergate Hotel,' the underground tunnel had beds, lights, and even flushing toilets.
military history
Podcast: Italy’s Bomb Squad
Volunteers have been finding, excavating, removing, and sometimes even defusing bombs.
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From massive craters to secret cities, these places are relics of the Atomic Age.
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Take a Podcast Tour of Some of the World's Most Unusual Museums
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Siem Reap, Cambodia
APOPO Visitor Center
A non-profit that uses the impressive smelling abilities of African Pouched Rats to find and clear unexploded land mines.
London, England
St. Leonard’s Court Air Raid Shelter
This small, round building is the entrance to a bomb shelter built in anticipation of World War II.
La Fatarella, Spain
The Hermitage of la Mare de Deu del Carme
The bell that resides above this small chapel is actually a converted bomb.
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Tagging Along With Italy's Unexploded Bomb–Hunters
There's less and less for the country's demining companies to find. Sometimes they pine for the good old days.
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