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Congressional Country Club in 2011.
Bethesda, Maryland

Congressional Country Club

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.
The cemetery as seen from the high cross.
Wicklow, Ireland

Glencree German War Cemetery

Ireland's only German military cemetery holds the remains of a spy who was moved there under the cover of darkness.
Houses with eyes.
Sibiu, Romania

Sibiu's Houses with Eyes

Something's watching you.
The Nathan Hale Schoolhouse
East Haddam, Connecticut

Nathan Hale Schoolhouse

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.
The FBI's spy house on Wisconsin Ave. Cameras could be seen in the tinted skylights on the roof.
Washington, D.C.

FBI Spy House

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
A brush-painted porcelain pot, made in Jingdezhen in the mid-1700s.
art

One of the Earliest Industrial Spies Was a French Missionary Stationed in China

When he wasn't converting people, Father Francois Xavier d'Entrecolles was extracting trade secrets from porcelain producers.
Cara Giaimo April 28, 2017
Women bowling in 1963 who presumably (?) are not undercover.
spies

The Complications of Joining an Office Bowling League at the CIA

Lots of security briefings.
JPat Brown March 30, 2017
The Morpeth Arms is now a regular pub, with a dark history below ground.
London, England

The Morpeth Arms

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
Prague, Czechia

'Trifot'

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.
A replica of the "Bulgarian umbrella" used to kill Markov.
weapons

The True History of the Umbrella Gun, a Surprisingly Serious Weapon

Once used to assassinate a Bulgarian dissident, the disguised firearm eventually became a trope of spy films.
Sarah Laskow January 24, 2017
The foot bridge where dead drops occurred.
Vienna, Virginia

Foxstone Park Bridge

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.
KGB agent Nikolai Khokhlov, who defected from Russia in 1954, holding up pictures of his wife and son.
spies

The Russian Spy Who Convinced America to Take ESP Seriously

History's spookiest spook.
Andy Wright January 13, 2017
Queen Elizabeth with Lord Burleigh and Sir Francis Walsingham.
magic

Queen Elizabeth I’s Vast Spy Network Was The First Surveillance State

One of her spies signed his reports with a familiar moniker: "007."
Natalie Zarrelli December 7, 2016
spies

North Korean Officials Had No Idea What Their Hostages Were Signaling in This Photo

The story of 83 American captives and the "Digit Affair."
Andy Wright November 16, 2016
Some of the 80 houses at Sugar Grove Station, now standing empty.
spies

Inside the NSA’s For-Sale Spy Town

It can be yours for only a few million bucks.
Will Sommer November 2, 2016
exploration

Why the Soviets Sponsored a Doomed Expedition to a Hollow Earth Kingdom

How a search for the hidden land of Shambhala turned into a geopolitical power play.
Dimitra Nikolaidou September 15, 2016
spies

The Brilliant MI6 Spy Who Perfected the Art of the 'Honey Trap'

During WWII, Betty Pack used seduction to acquire enemy naval codes.
Hadley Meares September 8, 2016
maps

This James Bond Map Will Teach You How to Become a Spy

Where 007 drank, killed and shagged, mapped.
Sarah Durn August 15, 2016