Prague, Czechia
Museum of Communism
This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.
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Prague, Czechia
This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.
Liverpool, England
The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.
Trutnov, Czechia
This fortress was designed to prevent a Nazi invasion but was never used.
Králíky, Czechia
Witness to Nazi occupation, this bunker has managed to soldier on to this day.
Vågan, Norway
A collection documenting Nazi occupation of Norway, including a painting believed to be made by Hitler.
Askifou, Greece
This collection of artifacts represents one family's mission to record the horrors of World War II inflicted on their hometown.
Bremerhaven, Germany
The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.
Le Tréport, France
Deep in the limestone cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, a German fortress built during World War II.
Malmö, Sweden
This cone-shaped bomb shelter, modeled on German design, is a rare WWII relic that never saw use but still looms over the harbor.
Hamburg, Germany
A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.
Narvik, Norway
The rusted hull of a WWII German destroyer pokes above the surface in a Norwegian fjord.
Trondheim, Norway
At this concrete bunker on the Trondheim fjord, secrets lie above and below the water's surface.
La Rochelle, France
Under the streets of La Rochelle, a former wartime bunker holds some surprising secrets.
Rovigo, Italy
Inside this medieval defense tower stands a modern residential building.
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.
Corbridge, England
This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.
Krujë, Albania
The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."
Imola, Italy
This castle was once the home of one of the most powerful women of the Renaissance.
Campeche, Mexico
Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.
Malaga, Spain
This Moorish fortress has guarded Málaga from the slopes of Gibralfaro hill for nearly a thousand years.
Theth, Albania
Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.
Senglea, Malta
The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.
Koysinjaq, Iraq
Qshla Koya is an Ottoman fortress located on a hillock in the central quarter of Koya.
Thoptewadi, India
This ancient fortress was once the setting for a strange battle won with the help of a lizard.