Military in Belgium

Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

This museum is housed in an unassuming building that witnessed one of the most daring feats of satire in modern history.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.