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Republican trenches in Rivas-Vaciamadrid. The hill in front was in Nationalist hands. Madrid-Valencia road cannot be seen but is to the left of the picture.
Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain

The Cerro de la Oliva Trenches

Not far from Madrid, a set of perfectly preserved trenches date back to the Spanish Civil War.
A charnel house at the Saints Innocents Cemetery, Paris.
cemeteries

In 1590, Starving Parisians Ground Human Bones Into Bread

During a siege, desperation drove people to disinter skeletons from cemeteries.
Emily Monaco October 29, 2018
Whale oil was so important it was declared key to national defense in World War II.
animals

Margarine Once Contained a Whole Lot More Whale

And helped launch a corporation now worth more than $40 billion.
Sarah Laskow October 11, 2018
Lieutenant Colonel "H" Jones Memorial.
Darwin, Falkland Islands

Lieutenant Colonel "H" Jones Memorial

It marks the spot where the high-ranking British officer died during the Falklands War.
Argentine Military Cemetery.
Falkland Islands

Argentine Military Cemetery

A hilltop collection of crosses remembering the hundreds of Argentine troops who fell during the Falklands War.
Gastro Obscura

Vinho dos Mortos

Facing invasion, the small town of Boticas buried their bottles and gave birth to a unique style of wine.
A pitched sea battle during the Anglo-Dutch Wars.
restaurants

The Warlike Origins of 'Going Dutch'

The term for splitting the bill has its roots in a bitter international rivalry.
Anne Ewbank September 25, 2018
Permanently Closed
Foreign Correspondents Club in Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Foreign Correspondents Club

Originally a meeting place for foreign correspondents and war reporters, the FCC remains an atmospheric spot for sunset drinks in Phnom Penh.
Koryo Saram meal, photographed in Ushtobe, Kazakhstan.
politics

How Survivors of Stalinism Created a New Korean-Fusion Cuisine

When the Koryo Saram were forcibly relocated, they forged new identities.
Mark Hay September 10, 2018
Embrace of Bolivar and Morillo.
Santa Ana, Venezuela

Embrace of Bolívar and Morillo

The monument marks where Simón Bolívar and his Spanish adversary Pablo Morillo met to have a drink together.
The gate from the front—the stone is to the left.
Visby, Sweden

Sankt Göransporten Arrow Slit

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.
Gastro Obscura

Liquore all'Alloro

If there is anything that should rest on its laurels, it’s probably this laurel-infused digestif.
Gastro Obscura

Cougar Gold Cheese

This canned cheddar is made using a secret 70-year-old bacteria culture.
Inside one of the buildings.
Borås SV, Sweden

Bockaby Urban Warfare Facility

This abandoned urban warfare facility is a dream come true for airsoft and paintball enthusiasts.
Checkendon, England

'The Nuba Survival'

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.
Fishermen on board a British trawler fishing off the coast of Iceland.
food

How Iceland Beat the British in the Four Cod Wars

For decades, two island nations came to blows over fish.
Natasha Frost June 21, 2018
March 1981.
art

Get Lost in a Cold Warrior's Illustrated Calendar History of the 1980s

Find Reagan side-by-side with pagan holidays.
Sarah Laskow June 14, 2018
Moody mushrooms form the eponymous cloud.
art

These Mushroom Clouds Are Made From Actual Mushrooms

A team of artists create horror out of fungi.
Anne Ewbank June 13, 2018