War

This curious Tudor-era castle was once home to Napoleon's greatest adversary, the Duke of Wellington.

From the late 19th century until the 1960s, these stone-lined "stumps" were a popular place for people to air their views on local and international issues.

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

A poignant memorial to remember the Australian nurses who lost their lives during the Second World War.

Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

A British Commonwealth cemetery in the heart of Milan, with 421 allied soldiers died during World War II.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

The room where the famous commander of the Catholic forces was murdered by Irish assassins during the Thirty Years' War has been reconstructed with many of his original possessions.