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Podcast: Zone Rouge

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team April 12, 2021
Military uniforms have been a mainstay at the market for decades.
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For Decades, Italians Have Salvaged Old American Military Uniforms in This Open-Air Market

The khaki and camouflage have traveled from battlefield to clothes rack—and sometimes stage and screen.
Daniela De Lorenzo March 15, 2021
Ntaba ka Ndoda
Lower Rabula Emmangweni, South Africa

Ntaba ka Ndoda

A monument with a complex history dedicated to one of South Africa's greatest heroes.
The Shetland Bus Memorial
Scalloway, Scotland

The Shetland Bus Memorial

This memorial celebrates the legacy of the British-Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.
Rowlandson's Capture Historical Marker.
Lancaster, Massachusetts

Mary Rowlandson's Monument

Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.
Free French Memorial with views across Greenock and Inverclyde Royal Hospital.
Greenock, Scotland

Free French Memorial Cross

A war memorial dedicated to the Free French Naval forces of World War II.
Las Bóvedas de Uspallata
Las Heras, Argentina

Las Bóvedas de Uspallata (The Vaults of Uspallata)

These egg-shaped buildings constructed by Jesuits house a quaint museum in the Andes.
Permanently Closed
Riga, Latvia

Statue of Prince Mikhail Andreas Barclay de Tolly

This controversial statue once honoured a Russian Field Marshall, before ultimately being dismantled in a push to remove symbols of Russian influence.
Military equipment.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Secret Weapon Bunker

Nearly three tons of weapons from the Vietnam War still remain in this small, hidden museum.
Prospect Hill Tower
Somerville, Massachusetts

Prospect Hill Tower

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.
In terms of race and sex, the Golden Fourteen were anomalies in the Navy.
war history

The Hidden History of the First Black Women to Serve in the U.S. Navy

The Golden Fourteen were largely forgotten—but a few veterans and descendants could change that.
Giulia Heyward December 15, 2020
Roncevaux Pass
Roncesvalles, Spain

Roncevaux Pass

The site of a legendary battle immortalized in medieval literature.
Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre
Meath, Ireland

Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre

This center tells the story of one of the most famous battles in Irish history.
Le mémorial de Mort-Homme.
Chattancourt, France

Le Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill)

A memorial to the soldiers who died in the bloody battles to control Verdun in World War I.
A skull of a Roman sufferer of trench fever, likely incurred by unsanitary living conditions.
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Found: Cases of ‘Trench Fever’ in Ancient Rome

The five-day fever was made famous during World War I, but has been a constant companion of poor hygiene.
Isaac Schultz December 2, 2020
Nazi Stepanishvili sits in the corner of her home museum, where she displays Stalin memorabilia from across the globe.
museums

Georgia's Love-Hate Relationship With Joseph Stalin

The Soviet leader's home country is a battleground for dueling interpretations of history.
Mac McCall November 19, 2020
Rome, Italy

Monument to the Fallen of Dogali

An ancient Egyptian obelisk is now used to commemorate fallen Italian soldiers.
The Queen's Sconce
Nottinghamshire, England

Queen's Sconce

A well preserved remnant of the English Civil War.