Bunkers

Impressive spectacle of how a bunker can land on a beach and resist mother nature for the years that have passed since WWII.

Cold War missile site at high alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, now a post-apocalyptic backdrop.

A buried bunker offers both a scenic view and a melancholy reminder of Duindorp’s wartime past.

Under the streets of La Rochelle, a former wartime bunker holds some surprising secrets.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

This museum in the small German city offers a unique glimpse into World War II history.

This site was constructed as a Cold War-era defense against a Russian invasion.

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

This former atomic bunker is now the Olomouc Institute of Remembrance, telling stories of the communist era.

Witness to Nazi occupation, this bunker has managed to soldier on to this day.

This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.

This cone-shaped bomb shelter, modeled on German design, is a rare WWII relic that never saw use but still looms over the harbor.

Both the World War II Allied Forces and NATO have used this modern bunker underneath Malta’s capital.

At this concrete bunker on the Trondheim fjord, secrets lie above and below the water's surface.

Walk through abandoned anti-Russian military tunnels on this volcano at the head of Auckland Harbor.

A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.

A mysterious castle "in the clouds" has had many lives including a radar bunker, dog hotel, and conference center.