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Stoinerne Ma
Augsburg, Germany

Steinerner Mann (Stone Man)

Legend says this sculpture commemorates a brave baker who rescued the city in the Thirty Years' War.
Odessa, Ukraine

Potemkin Stairs

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.
Site from above 1
Athens, Greece

Proteichisma on Erysichthonos Street

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.
Nizwa Fort
Nizwa, Oman

Nizwa Fort

This beautifully restored fortification kept the city safe for centuries.
Carthage, Tunisia

Byrsa Hill

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.
Permanently Closed
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

War Hostel Sarajevo

This unusual hostel provides a glimpse of life in a city under siege.
The Siena Pianoforte has seen its share of adventure.
objects of intrigue

Sold: An Ornate Piano Found on a World War II Battlefield

It traveled three continents, survived desert warfare, and accidentally ended up with a man who'd been looking for it all along.
Matthew Taub March 17, 2020
Located on the Jaffna Peninsula, the Thondamanaru Lagoon has become a crucial wetland on the Central Asian Flyway, one of the world’s major migratory routes.
nature

How Landmines Made This Sri Lankan Lagoon an Avian Paradise

But once it's demined, it may be developed. Can one man's ecotourism plan protect it for the birds?
Colin Daileda February 4, 2020
The collection comprises volumes from all over the world, including this handwritten holy book, composed on parchment in an Ethiopian monastery.
libraries

The Belgrade Book Collection That Survived War, Fascism, and Neglect

One family has kept it going—and growing—since 1720.
Bhavya Dore January 30, 2020
The Egg seen from the northeast corner, showing the peculiar round shape of the theater.
Beirut, Lebanon

The Egg

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.
Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery
Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.
View South from Oliver's Castle
Wiltshire, England

Oliver's Fort and the Bloody Ditch

This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.
Stranger Horse's pipe-tomahawk.
weapons

An Engraved Tomahawk Offers a New, Native History of a Battle

The weapon may have belonged to a Lakotan warrior named Stranger Horse.
Sabrina Imbler December 4, 2019
War Remnants of 'Operation Protea'
Xangongo, Angola

War Remnants of 'Operation Protea'

The abandoned tanks along this highway are all that remain of a deadly conflict.
Whale fat was widely used to wage war⁠—and make margarine.
animals

Hitler’s Secret Antarctic Expedition for Whales

Whales meant margarine, and margarine meant victory.
Luke Fater November 6, 2019
medieval

A New Crusade

How the mysterious, millennium-old, stateless Order of Malta outlived its contemporaries and established a place in the modern Middle East.
Ariel Sophia Bardi September 29, 2019
County Derry, Northern Ireland

The Free Derry Corner Murals

These murals stand as reminders to the troubled history of this Northern Ireland city.
Wunden der Erinnerung (Wounds of Memory), LMU Library
Munich, Germany

Wunden der Erinnerung (Wounds of Memory), LMU Library

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.