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Clothes fill each corner of Pugliano Street.
Ercolano, Italy

Vintage Market of Pugliano

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.
The Shetland Bus Memorial
Scalloway, Scotland

The Shetland Bus Memorial

This memorial celebrates the legacy of the British-Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.
Rowlandson's Capture Historical Marker.
Lancaster, Massachusetts

Mary Rowlandson's Monument

Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.
Bunker-703. Vault No1.
Moscow, Russia

Bunker-703

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.
Zagreb, Croatia

Grič Tunnel

A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.
Vladimir Demikhov demonstrates, for an audience of experts, the implantation of an artificial heart–like device in a dog at the 18th International Congress of Surgery in Munich, on September 18, 1959.
cold war

How the United States and Soviet Union Embarked on a Macabre Surgical Arms Race

Cold War animal experimentation and the roots of transplantation medicine.
Brandy Schillace March 4, 2021
Free French Memorial with views across Greenock and Inverclyde Royal Hospital.
Greenock, Scotland

Free French Memorial Cross

A war memorial dedicated to the Free French Naval forces of World War II.
Rusovce Mansion
Bratislava, Slovakia

Rusovce Mansion

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.
View of the hangar from the Pasquotank River.
Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Weeksville Airship Hangar

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.
Tounj Bridge
Zdenac, Croatia

Tounj Bridge

A unique two-level bridge designed to honor a king.
A depiction of a group of Tlingit people performing a war dance before the 1802 attack on the Russian trading post.
forts

Found: The Lost Tlingit Fort That Defended Alaska From Russian Attack

It also set in motion the process that made the vast territory part of America.
Zach Zorich February 18, 2021
Retirement for this 707 means being parked beside a forest.
abandoned

The Last Plane at Tegel Airport Has Survived Hijackers and Cold War

Parked far from the runway, the dilapidated 707 is an artifact of Berlin's divided past.
Susannah Edelbaum February 17, 2021
Pohick Church (2019)
Lorton, Virginia

Pohick Church

This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."
Las Bóvedas de Uspallata
Las Heras, Argentina

Las Bóvedas de Uspallata (The Vaults of Uspallata)

These egg-shaped buildings constructed by Jesuits house a quaint museum in the Andes.
Platform 17 Memorial
Berlin, Germany

Platform 17 Memorial

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.
Danbury, Connecticut

Sybil Ludington Statue

A statue commemorating a 16-year old girl's nighttime ride to raise a militia against attacking British troops.
Both Wu Tseng-dong's knives and his forge have become a tourist draw.
food

The Blacksmith Turning Decades of Chinese Bombs Into Kitchen Tools

Years of war produced these unusual souvenirs.
Clarissa Wei February 3, 2021
Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Greeneville, Tennessee

Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church

A cannonball from Union forces battling John Hunt Morgan made this church a permanent home.