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Military History

Chiriaco Summit, California

Desert Training Center

Traces of General Patton’s Mojave Desert training camps for the North Africa campaign.

Zedelgem, Belgium

Vloethemveld

Formerly a munitions depot and World War II POW camp, now a nature reserve.

Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany

Niederwald Monument

Hilltop monument to the victory of a new nation in the Franco-Prussian War.

National Military Museum of Egypt

An unexpected treasure trove of military oddities, Turkish interior design, and North Korean art.

Chiriaco Summit, California

General Patton Memorial Museum

A museum dedicated to the life and career of the gifted but controversial general.

West Lafayette, Indiana

Cairo Skywatch Tower

The U.S. Air Force commissioned this tower during the Korean War to watch the sky for enemy aircraft.

Utrecht, Netherlands

Castellum Hoge Woerd

This recreated Roman outpost stands above its buried predecessor.

Savannah, Georgia

WEBB Military Museum

At this privately owned collection, conflicts are humanized through soldiers’ personal belongings.

Oxford, England

Slade Camp

A lost World War II military camp and post-war suburb swallowed by the woods.

Oost-, West- en Middelbeers, Netherlands

Imitation Airfield

This fake airfield was built as a decoy to protect a real airport from the Allied Forces.

Brussels, Belgium

Gabrielle Petit Statue

Belgium's national heroine turned spy sacrificed her life to combat German occupation.

Vienna, Austria

Vienna Arsenal (Military History Museum)

The world’s oldest military museum has remained largely unchanged since the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Králíky, Czechia

‘K-S 14’ Infantry Bunker

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

Wilmington, Delaware

McKinley Monument

This relief sculpture depicts America’s most famous coffee break.

Everett, Washington

Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum

Three hangars filled with meticulously restored aircraft and armored vehicles.

Alexandria, Virginia

World War I-Era Rudder

This rudder is one of the few remnants of a shipyard that once operated on the banks of the Potomac River.

Cannon of Banastarim

This 16th-century cannon is thought to be the oldest piece of forge-welded wrought iron in India.

Cambridge, England

Castle Mound

This hill is all that remains of Cambridge’s former castle.