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Auckland, New Zealand

Maungauika (North Head)

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

Altit, Pakistan

Altit Fort

The history of the oldest fort in Baltistan is steeped in familial rivalry and gruesome deaths.

Fort Forno

A strategically positioned fortress that protected the Fazana channel has found new life as a place for theater.

Olongapo, Philippines

Subic Spanish Gate

This impressive gate is the only remaining remnant of a Spanish naval station.

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Fongshan Old City

Taiwan's first stone fortress is also the best preserved Qing Dynasty-era city on the island.

Lisnagrave, Ireland

Dunlough Castle

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.

7 Reasons to Explore Boston’s Lesser-Known Neighborhoods

From a “bad art” museum inside a brewery to the final resting place of the inventor of the fountain pen.

Sponsored By Meet Boston

Karbabad, Bahrain

‘Madbasa’

This underground art installation recreates an ancient date honey storeroom.

Museum founder Paul Stewart often traveled to local classrooms, like this Denver elementary school, to share the stories of Colorado’s Black Cowboys.

Meet The Black Cowboys Who Shaped Colorado History

The gunslingers, innovators, and explorers who carved their destinies from the sprawling promise of the West.

Sponsored By Visit Colorado

Casablanca, Morocco

La Sqala

This restaurant sits within the walls of an 18th-century fortification that once defended the city’s old quarter.

A 17th-century engraving depicts a star fort coming under siege.

Star Forts Are Military History, and the Base of Some Strange Conspiracy Theories

Examining why these ubiquitous, obsolete fortifications carry an air of mystery.

Colin Dickey April 15, 2024

Hisardžik, Serbia

Mileševac Fortress

This medieval fortress guards a monastery near the border of Serbia and Montenegro.

Bahla Fort

Bahla Fort

If you dare visit this fort, fire-breathing hyenas might devour your camels.

Stockbridge, England

Danebury Hillfort

One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.

Red-stone castle ruins sit atop a green hill

Allinge, Denmark

Hammershus Castle Ruins

Northern Europe’s largest castle ruins sit precariously on an island cliffside.

Rotsund, Norway

Spåkenes Coastal Fort

The gnarled remains of an exploded German bunker from World War II sit along a breathtaking fjord.

Fort Stevens

Washington, D.C.

Fort Stevens

This American Civil War-era fort still stands near the border between Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

Fort Sarbinowo

Sarbinowo, Poland

Fort Sarbinowo

This abandoned but well-preserved Prussian fortress sits abandoned in a Polish forest near the German border.