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Rome, Italy
Stumbling Stones of Rome
Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.
London, England
Peace Garden at Tavistock Square
A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.
Talasea, Papua New Guinea
Talasea Airstrip
Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.
Florence, Italy
Platform 16 Holocaust Deportation Memorials
Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.
Irlavas pagasts, Latvia
Bridge to Nowhere
A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.
Darwin, Australia
Darwin Oil Storage Tunnels
World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.
Georgia
Ananuri
This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.
Rome, Italy
Mussolini's Balcony
The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.
military history
Why the U.S. Navy Once Had a Concrete Ice Cream Barge
The portable parlor sustained sailors on the high seas.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Europa Hotel
It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."
Manassas, Virginia
Ben Lomond Historic Site
Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.
County Donegal, Ireland
'Eire 80' Sign
This World War II relic let Allied pilots know they were entering neutral airspace.
Long Beach, California
RMS Queen Mary
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
Gander International Airport Lounge
The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.
food
How Iceland Beat the British in the Four Cod Wars
For decades, two island nations came to blows over fish.
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Wisbech, England
Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum
Peek inside restored planes at this off-the-beaten-path collection of aviation archaeology.
East Jerusalem, Israel
Royal Palace at Tel el-Ful
The abandoned shell of what would have been the Jordanian royal family's summer palace.
military history
The Dazzling Quilts of 19th-Century British Soldiers Are Threaded With Mystery
We still don't know how or why they made these elaborate textiles.
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