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St. Marys, Georgia
St. Marys Submarine Museum
Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.
objects of intrigue
'Atomic Annie' Was the World's First and Only Nuclear Gun
Twenty were made, but only one fired a nuclear shot.
disasters
When Mickey Mouse Was Used to Get Children to Wear Gas Masks
The use of chemical warfare during World War II made for creative solutions back on the homefront.
Wake Island
A remote coral island with a gristly history of shipwreck, battles, and a horrendous war crime.
Wardington, England
'Lands of Exiles'
In pastoral England, a plaque marks where an imaginary community addressed the problem of combat mortality.
Buttonwillow, California
'Buttonwillow Bivouac'
In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.
Powell River, British Columbia
S.S. Peralta
One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.
Berlin, Germany
The Bebelplatz
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Rehovot, Israel
Machon Ayalon
Hidden beneath a washing machine in a fake kibbutz, this secret bullet factory has been preserved as a museum.
San Diego, California
USS Recruit
Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.
Kent, Ohio
Site of Kent State Shootings
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
Washington, D.C.
Cher Ami
A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.
Mill Valley, California
Mount Tamalpais Aircraft Crash Site
Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Royal Danish Naval Museum
A museum filled with tiny, adorable versions of the mighty Royal Danish Navy.
Nagasaki, Japan
Fukusai-ji Temple
The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.
Al-Khums, Libya
Leptis Magna
Magnificent Roman ruins lie vulnerable to destruction on the edge of the Mediterranean.
Alexandrovsky District, Russia
Nazino Island
Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.
Detmold, Germany
Hermannsdenkmal
This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.
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