War History

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

The site of one of the largest prison escapes of World War II.

This fortress played a key role in the battle that would ultimately give rise to the Maratha Empire.

The elegant manor house where Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in exile after World War I.

Invading U.S. troops were first seen from this now-abandoned tower, leading to the Spanish-American War.

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

A plaque honoring a Hungarian hero of Italy is hidden in plain sight in Palermo.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

A monument at Alicante Marina honors a little-known hero of the Spanish Civil War.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.

This ruined temple's giant Buddha statue bears the scars of the Second Indochina War.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.