Military History

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

This historic stone gate tower is now just a lonely relic in the middle of a swamp.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.