World War II

A surprisingly large and sturdy ruin on the outskirts of a remote village.

Myanmar's beautiful cemetery for Allied soldiers who perished during World War II.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

This World War II airfield is the last place the bandleader performed before he disappeared.

The final resting place of hundreds of Polish airmen who died fighting the Nazis in Britain.

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.

The forgotten remains of the first steamship that launched on Lake Tanganyika.

A memorial to American oil drillers who volunteered to travel secretly to England in 1943 and work in the U.K.'s only oil field.

A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.