Weapons

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

This haunting sculpture was created as a statement on the mechanized warfare of the First World War.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

This roadside monument commemorates the huge weapon built by an Ethiopian emperor's hostages.

Nobles would stage mock naval battles on this large lake at the Royal Palace of Caserta.

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.