Military History

The final resting place for Bermuda's British military, including a man who died of sunstroke.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

This collection of reclaimed landmines acts as both an exhibition of their deadly history and as a shelter for children affected by them.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.