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Churchill before his retirement.
aliens

Found: An Essay Winston Churchill Wrote About Alien Life

"Are we alone in the universe?" he asked.
Sarah Laskow February 15, 2017
The submarine pens in La Rochelle.
La Rochelle, France

Nazi U-Boat Pens, La Pallise

A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.
Bow
Annapolis, Maryland

U.S.S. Agerholm Model

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.
Now
Bordighera, Italy

Hotel Angst

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.
Who were Eva and Edith?
airplanes

Found: Two Mysterious Signatures on the Wing of a WWII Plane

Who were Eva and Edith?
Sarah Laskow February 2, 2017
Pekelné Doly, or "Mines of Hell," motorcycle club.
Cvikov, Czechia

Pekelné Doly (Mines of Hell)

The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.
The book is a collector's item on eBay
japan

The Curious Curriculum of the 1950s Red Cross 'Bride Schools'

How Japanese women who married G.I.s got taught to be U.S. housewives.
Kristin Hunt January 24, 2017
Monument to the Bombardment of Ellwood in Goleta, California.
Goleta, California

Monument to the Bombardment of Ellwood

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.
Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania

The Extinct Town of Schirwindt

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.
Texas marker.
Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France

Texas Marker at Pointe Du Hoc Bunker

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.
Monument at Brazilian Cemetery of Pistoia
Pistoia, Italy

Brazilian Military Cemetery of Pistoia

A memorial to Brazil's little-known role in World War II.
The Ferdinand Magellan Presidential Railcar at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami, 2007.
Miami, Florida

Ferdinand Magellan Presidential Railcar

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.
The castle had strategic importance for centuries.
Walbrzych, Poland

Książ Castle

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
A statue of the Roman emperor Augustus in the center of Augsburg.
news

WWII Bomb Discovery Sparks Christmas Evacuation

54,000 residents of Augsburg will have to leave their homes on Christmas Day.
Cara Giaimo December 23, 2016
Luftbrückendenkmal and C-47 Rosinenbomber, Rhein-Main Airbase in Frankfurt.
Frankfurt, Germany

Luftbrückendenkmal: Monument to the Berlin Airlift

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.
A "Mark III" military escape kit, with a silk map peeking out.
maps

How Millions Of Secret Silk Maps Helped POWs Escape Their Captors in WWII

The ingenious maps played a role in some 750 successful escapes.
Cara Giaimo December 20, 2016
Brno, Czechia

Nuclear Shelter 10-Z

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.