Schleiden, Germany
Ordensburg Vogelsang
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
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Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Cologne, Germany
A poignant mural honors the heroic teenage non-conformists who took on the Nazis and paid the ultimate price.
Cologne, Germany
An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Nijmegen, Netherlands
This World War II-era bunker hides between medieval chapels in Nijmegen's city center.
Mill, Netherlands
This vast World War II defense line was the site of a fierce battle.
Berlin, Germany
For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.
Bologna, Italy
A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.
Salaspils, Latvia
This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.
Brussels, Belgium
This museum is housed in an unassuming building that witnessed one of the most daring feats of satire in modern history.
Heuvelland, Belgium
A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.
Antwerp, Belgium
This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.
Ypres, Belgium
In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.
Ypres, Belgium
This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.
Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Ypres, Belgium
The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.
Brussels, Belgium
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
Brussels, Belgium
The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.
Bruges, Belgium
The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.
Ypres, Belgium
In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.
Brussels, Belgium
Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.
Ypres, Belgium
A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.