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Musket damage.
Malmesbury, England

Malmesbury Abbey Musket Damage

Scars from the English Civil War mar this medieval sanctuary.
The cookbook from Iron Shepherds is a rare glimpse into a commoner's kitchen of medieval England.
medieval

Eat Like an English Peasant With This Medieval Cookbook

It makes peasant food pleasant.
Luke Fater September 12, 2019
Artwork outside the entrance to the Liberian National Museum, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions.
Monrovia, Liberia

Liberian National Museum

A comprehensive museum dedicated to Africa's oldest modern republic.
Gravestones with planes taking off above.
Atlanta, Georgia

Flat Rock and Hart Cemeteries

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.
Savannah, Georgia

The Marshall House

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
A monument commemorates the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island.
Manteo, North Carolina

Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.
Masonic Lodge
Salamanca, Spain

Documentary Center of Historical Memory

An unusual but excellent display created in the 1930s as propaganda against the Freemasons.
Bunkers at Alto del León, Guadarrama.
Guadarrama, Spain

Civil War Bunkers of Alto del León

These Bullet-scarred bunkers are haunting reminders of the Spanish Civil War.
Octagon Hall.
Franklin, Kentucky

Octagon Hall Civil War Museum

A unique home built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell that also served as a military hospital.
The front cover of the Bible, inscribed with the dedication to Lincoln.
hidden

This Lincoln Bible Has Been Hiding for 150 Years

Since 1872, it's been in the custody of a Lincoln-family friend and his descendants.
Matthew Taub June 20, 2019
Inside the bunker.
Madrid, Spain

Parque el Capricho Bunker

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.
Christian Sanderson Museum
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

Christian Sanderson Museum

An unusual and eclectic collection of local historical memorabilia.
Bennett Place.
Durham, North Carolina

Bennett Place

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.
The roots of a tulip poplar, a common hardwood tree with medicinal properties.
medicine

How Civil War Plant Remedies Could Improve Modern Medicine

An old medical botanical guide offers new avenues for research.
Evan Nicole Brown May 23, 2019
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Burke, Virginia

Marshall Family Cemetery

A 14-foot monument marks the resting place of two of the town's earliest residents—and one unknown soldier.
Games were a welcome respite from the violence and boredom of war.
games

For Sale: A Civil War-Era Checkerboard Featuring Union Generals

A themed version of the board game, to help stave off wartime boredom.
Jonathan Carey April 11, 2019
The museum exterior.
Texas City, Texas

Texas City Museum

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.
African-American Civil War Memorial.
Washington, D.C.

African-American Civil War Memorial

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.