Explosions

Site of a massive 1991 ammunition depot explosion that marked a turning point in the Croatian War of Independence.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

The ruins of an old mill lie in a small ravine along a hiking trail near Little Seneca Creek.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This medieval church in Rome was almost destroyed following a terrorist attack in 1993.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.

These ruins have been linked to a sherbet factory that exploded, but the story may be entirely fictional.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.