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Camelford, England
King Arthur's Stone
A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.
Washington, D.C.
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.
Nafplio, Greece
Bourtzi
This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Old Japanese Jail
This jail once controlled by the Japanese military now sits abandoned on a remote Pacific island.
Saint Andrews, New Brunswick
Loyalist St. Andrews
A small Canadian town founded as a refuge for Loyalists following American Independence.
Grantsville, Maryland
Casselman River Bridge
This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
Torcross, England
Exercise Tiger Memorial
A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.
Darmstadt, Germany
The Ludwigshöhe
A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
Jumonville Glen
The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.
Austin, Texas
Susanna Dickinson Museum
A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.
Valencia, Philippines
Cata-al World War II Museum
A vast personal collection of World War II artifacts unearthed over many years by a father-son duo.
Gibraltar
Operation Tracer Cave
There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.
Berlin, Germany
Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
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For Sale: A Button That Helped Change World War II
Bomber release buttons were the final push—literally—in the 1943 Dambusters raid.
Masada, Israel
Masada
This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.
Holubice, Czechia
Zapa Concrete Holubice
A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
Carp Lake, Michigan
Ruins of the Waugoshance Light Station
During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.
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The ABCs of WWI, a British Wartime Alphabet Primer
D stands for dreadnought.
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