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This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.

Before construction of the famous Tintagel Castle, this site in Cornwall was likely a prosperous Dark Age trading port.

Castle ruins of the not-so-chaste baronessa whose lovers mysteriously disappeared.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

This 3,000-year-old “opium black fortress” towers over the ancient town named after it.

This recreated Roman outpost stands above its buried predecessor.

A 2,000-year-old Iron Age fort offers stunning ocean views.

Mosques carved from coral and dozens of well-preserved stone structures fill this 500-year-old Swahili trading center.

Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.

This beautifully situated lakeside Roman settlement was likely built during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.

For years, the remains of this ancient Roman fortress were hidden under an orchard.

This former Portuguese defensive fort atop a hill was occupied for thousands of years.

This impressive coastal fortress was destroyed before it was finished.

This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.

The monument honors the mountaineers who were part of Europe’s best anti-Nazi forces.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

This modest site memorializes a World War II mission described without hyperbole as “the greatest raid of all.”

This tank participated in the liberation of Dijon from Nazi occupation.

A restored World War II Churchill Mark VII Tank now stands guard in Carrickfergus.

Not far from the busy city lie these remains of a time when the world was on fire.

A 1930s defensive fortification designed to protect Italy from a German invasion.

A lineup of a dozen or so Japanese light tanks from WWII.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.