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Beli Potok, Serbia
Monument to the Unknown Hero
Near Belgrade, an ancient-looking sarcophagus serves as a World War I monument.
Lincoln, England
Museum of Lincolnshire Life
The charming collection illustrates life in Lincolnshire in the 18th through 20th centuries.
Wiltshire, England
Oliver's Fort and the Bloody Ditch
This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.
Ringkøbing, Denmark
Hvide Sande Nazi Bunkers
Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.
Glasgow, Scotland
'La Pasionaria'
Glasgow's memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.
Warrenton, Virginia
Cold War Museum
This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.
forests
In France, a Bloody WWI Battlefield Has Become a Wildlife Refuge
Toads, orchids, bats, and millions of unexploded shells.
Sharon, Massachusetts
Deborah Sampson's Gravestone
She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.
Hargeisa, Somalia
Hargeisa War Memorial
A MiG-17 fighter jet sits atop this memorial to the indiscriminate bombardment of Hargeisa.
weapons
An Engraved Tomahawk Offers a New, Native History of a Battle
The weapon may have belonged to a Lakotan warrior named Stranger Horse.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
The Imperial Japanese Navy Fengshan Wireless Communications Station
This former military installation was turned into a discipline center by the Taiwanese Navy.
Kalavryta, Greece
Kalavryta Sacrifice Memorial
A solemn reminder of the infamous World War II war crime that massacred almost all the men in a small Greek town.
Brooklyn, New York
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.
London, England
Wellington Monument
This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.
London, England
Smith Square World War II Ghost Sign
A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.
Jingzhou, China
Guan Yu Statue
China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.
Edinburgh, Scotland
'The Manuscript of Monte Cassino'
This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.
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