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An old pie dish from West Point, with visible knife scratches from years of cadets trying to cut equal pieces.
food

The Politics of Pie Cutting at West Point's Mess Hall

Or, why United States Military Academy cadets fear pastry.
Peggy O'Donnell June 27, 2017
A plane from the movie "The Dambusters," based on the true story of Operation Chastise, flies over Coventry Airport.
war history

For Sale: A Button That Helped Change World War II

Bomber release buttons were the final push—literally—in the 1943 Dambusters raid.
Cara Giaimo June 27, 2017
Lt. Moss rides alongside the men of the 25th.
military history

America's Short-Lived 'Black Army on Wheels'

The existence of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, the first U.S. experiment with military bicycles, was brief and uncomfortable.
Eric Grundhauser June 23, 2017
The mass grave found at Lützen.
cemeteries

How to Make Sense of a Mass Grave

A fascinating case study from the Thirty Years' War.
Sarah Laskow June 23, 2017
A bunker in the Kreuzberg Pass
Italy

The Alpine Wall

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.
A aerial view of the Masada fortress.
Masada, Israel

Masada

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.
The shelter after the overgrowth was cleared away.
abandoned

Found: An Abandoned Air Raid Shelter Hidden Beneath the Brush

The site where it was found is said to be haunted, too.
Sarah Laskow June 22, 2017
Vladimir Durov in costume, circa 1915.
science

How a Soviet Circus Clown Tried to Prove That Dogs Can Be Psychic

In the 1920s, USSR scientists investigated “biological radio communications,” more popularly known as telepathy.
Sarah Laskow June 22, 2017
ZAPA Concrete Holubice (ZAPA Beton Holubice)
Holubice, Czechia

Zapa Concrete Holubice

A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
The bricked up sections are still clearly visible
Arlington, Virginia

Pentagon Taxi Tunnels Stubs

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.
Waugoshance Lighthouse
Carp Lake, Michigan

Ruins of the Waugoshance Light Station

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.
nazis

Found: An Unprecedented Trove of Original Nazi Artifacts in Argentina

A hidden passage led investigators to a collection of 75 astonishing objects.
Sarah Laskow June 20, 2017
The bell donated by Louis XV, later called the "Liberty Bell of the West"
Chester, Illinois

Liberty Bell of the West

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.
From <em>The Child's ABC of War</em>, 1914.
wwi

The ABCs of WWI, a British Wartime Alphabet Primer

D stands for dreadnought.
Anika Burgess June 16, 2017
Another one of the windows
Manchester Township, New Jersey

Cathedral of the Air

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.
Satellite view
Doyle, California

Sierra Army Depot

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.
Cumberland, Maryland

George Washington's Headquarters

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
The gardens of Jardin d'Acclimatation
Paris, France

Jardin d'Acclimatation

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.