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Monterey, California
Monterey's Custom House
The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.
Torà, Spain
Torre de Vallferosa
This medieval fortification has weathered the centuries better than any other structure from its era.
Florence, Italy
Stibbert Museum
Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.
objects of intrigue
Objects of Intrigue: The Atomic Bomb Toy
Adelaide, Australia
Grave of the Tamam Shud Man
Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.
Allenwood, Pennsylvania
Bunkers of Alvira
Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.
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Upper Heyford, England
RAF Upper Heyford
A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.
Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
Pronghorn of F.E. Warren Air Force Base
The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.
Estonia
Hara Submarine Base
A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.
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Guide to Islands You Don't Want to Visit, Pt.2
North Yorkshire, England
York Cold War Bunker
This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
The Tunnels of Rabaul
This volcanically volatile island town is home to an abandoned series of tunnels left by the Japanese during WWII.
Wamego, Kansas
Wamego LSD Missile Silo
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Old Burial Ground
This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.
Belgrade, Serbia
Ruins of Yugoslav Army Headquarters
Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.
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A Tale of Two Revolutions at the Grave of the Marquis de Lafayette
Irbene, Latvia
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center
This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.
Baghdad, Iraq
Victory Over America Palace
This former monument to an invented Iraqi victory was turned into a military camp during the subsequent invasion.
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