Military

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

This abandoned Croatian stronghold never saw a great deal of conflict but it is still a beloved relic nonetheless.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

Beachcombers have been populating this museum with artifacts ranging from prehistoric to barely historic since the 1930's.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

This giant Cold War satellite dish has become a symbol of Trinidad's need for sovereignty.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

This memorial to the thousands of Indian dead during WWI was callously used for target practice during WWII.