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Cold War

Is a fly is an odd decoration for a purse? Not when it hides the lens of a camera.

For Sale: The Entire Spycraft Collection of New York's KGB Museum

If you ever needed a lipstick gun or a heartbeat detector, you could be in luck.

Matthew Taub October 29, 2020

The ladder leading into the interior.

Nynäshamn S, Sweden

The Landsort Artillery Battery

A southern Swedish island is home to the last ERSTA artillery battery, meant to protect the shoreline during the Cold War.

These Civil War guns are located at Fort Washington in Maryland.

8 Historic Military Relics in Maryland

50 States of Wonder

Bundesbank Bunker Cochem

Cochem, Germany

Bundesbank Bunker Cochem

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

The monolithic Space Age entities are for sale, and surrounded by two stretches of fencing.

For Sale: A Cold War Bunker and Missile Silo in North Dakota

“It’s the ultimate in social distancing.”

Isaac Schultz August 4, 2020

Glastonbury, Connecticut

Nike Missile Site HA-26

Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.

Berlin Wall in Singapore

Two panes of the massive Cold War artifact are on display at the National University of Singapore.

Bunkers in Staatswald

Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

Bunkers in Staatswald

These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.

Lurking off of a South Jersey highway, a Springsteen song come to life.

For Sale: An Abandoned Cold War Missile Launch Site by the Side of the Road

It's a ghost town, but it's got a pool.

Matthew Taub April 22, 2020

Remaining two radar towers and roll-top observatory. (2020)

Great Falls, Virginia

Great Falls Nike Fire Control Site W-83

This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.

Radar dome. (2019)

Herndon, Virginia

Nike Missile Launch Site W-83

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

space exploration

How Soviet Science Magazines Fantasized About Life in Outer Space

The Iron Curtain went to infinity and beyond.

Winnie Lee March 13, 2020

The launch pad from below

Gilsland, England

Spadeadam Rocket Test Site

In the middle of a barren moorland, the remnants of a lost British Space Age stand like a 20th-century Stonehenge.

Warrenton, Virginia

Cold War Museum

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

Nike Missile Control Site LA-96.

Los Angeles, California

Nike Missile Control Site LA-96

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

Philip, South Dakota

Minuteman Missile Visitor Center

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

Permanently Closed

Lenin, Marx, and Engels watch over diners.

San Francisco, California

Walzwerk Restaurant

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

The Green Curtain

Germany’s Iron Curtain is now the Green Belt, but turning the old border into a haven for wildlife has taken much more than just letting it be.

Andrew Curry September 29, 2019