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Martinsburg, West Virginia

Belle Boyd House

Once the home of a noted Civil War spy, the two-story brick house now serves as a museum.
Verzasca Dam
List

13 Must-Visit Destinations for James Bond Fans

These places are licensed to thrill.
Hal Koss March 7, 2025
Turns out the Pacific Ocean and Utah desert have a lot in common.
space exploration

How Cold War Spying From Space Connected the Galaxy to Utah

NASA and the private space sector are now turning to technology used for a top-secret 1960s mission.
Danny Robb February 27, 2025
Kalsoy, Faroe Islands

James Bond's Grave

This tombstone marks the spot where the legendary British spy met his end.
film locations

James Bond’s Jetpack Escape in ‘Thunderball’ Almost Didn’t Happen

At least not as initially planned.
Jennifer Byrne April 25, 2024
Palmdale, California

Blackbird Airpark

See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.
Tirana, Albania

House of Leaves

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.
Södra Nybro, Sweden

007 Museum-Nybro

Believed to be the first museum dedicated to the films in the world.
politics

The Forgotten Female Revolutionaries Behind Latin American Independence

Perhaps fiercest of all was Manuela Sáenz—spy, archivist, prankster, and companion of Simón Bolívar.
Sarah Durn March 1, 2022
Also known as the "house of horrors," the house tested close combat skills and "the moral fiber of the student," Fairbairn said.
military history

The Haunted Houses Designed to Scare Spooks

These WWII-era “houses of horrors” trained American spies for combat using cardboard Nazis.
April White October 28, 2021
Mosby's Rock with marker missing.
Herndon, Virginia

Mosby's Rock

A secret rendezvous spot where John S. Mosby and his Rangers would meet to divvy up their loot after raids.
Is a fly is an odd decoration for a purse? Not when it hides the lens of a camera.
museums

For Sale: The Entire Spycraft Collection of New York's KGB Museum

If you ever needed a lipstick gun or a heartbeat detector, you could be in luck.
Matthew Taub October 29, 2020
Wallis turned all of this code into written sentences.
mathematics

Sold: 53 Letters Deciphered by a Groundbreaking English Codebreaker

Cagey about his methods, John Wallis was a bit of a cipher himself.
Matthew Taub October 7, 2020
Video • Object of Intrigue

The CIA's Fake Scrotum That Hid a Radio

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Video • Object of Intrigue

A CIA-Issued Rectal Tool Kit for Spies

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Video • Object of Intrigue

The Spy Tactic That Almost Destroyed WWII Britain

2:40
Look closely, photographer Cris Benton takes a high altitude kite selfie.
Edwards Air Force Base, California

Edwards AFB Satellite Calibration Targets

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.
Washington, D.C.

Peirce Mill Spy Station

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.