Pietranera, Italy
Colonia di Rovegno
The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.
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Pietranera, Italy
The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.
San Fruttuoso, Italy
A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.
Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Itter, Austria
German and American troops joined forces to defend this fortress during the strangest battle of World War II.
Oranienburg, Germany
A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.
Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.
Jablanac, Croatia
The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.
Lopar, Croatia
The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.
Željava, Croatia
Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.
Rijeka, Croatia
Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.