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The Cable Hut–once a war tool, now a romantic getaway.
architecture

Fleeting Wonders: Vacation In a WWI Cable Hut

Cara Giaimo January 21, 2016
murder

FOUND: Evidence of Early Violence Between Foraging Humans

Sarah Laskow January 21, 2016
islands

The World's Longest War Only Ended in 1986

Fiona Young-Brown January 19, 2016
Church of Sant Pere amidst the ruins
Corbera d'Ebre, Spain

Poble Vell de Corbera d'Ebre (Corbera d'Ebre Old Town)

The ruins of a bombed medieval village memorialize the destruction of the Spanish Civil War.
North facade of Voronstov Palace
Alupka, Crimea

Vorontsov Palace

This magnificent Crimean estate was once a playground of the Russian elite.
war history

FOUND: The Site of a Notorious Roman Massacre

Sarah Laskow December 14, 2015
Ruins of Chapman Beverley Mill
Broad Run, Virginia

Ruins of the Chapman Beverley Mill

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.
military history

How the Military Ran Its 1970s Psychic Intelligence Program—Many Memos, Naturally

Sarah Laskow December 4, 2015
Aston Hall
Birmingham, England

Aston Hall

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.
Ruins of ancient Greek colony of Chersonesos, in Crimea
crime and punishment

Ill-Gotten Treasures of Ancient Crimea Are Flooding eBay

Damaris Colhoun November 30, 2015
The only known depiction of Oliver Pollock, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
war history

The Bankrupt Irishman Who Created the Dollar Sign by Accident

Dan Hess November 23, 2015
The Old Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Old Jewish Cemetery of Sarajevo

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.
war history

Exit Interview: The Tailor Who Handmakes Fort Ticonderoga's 18th Century Clothes Each Year

Tao Tao Holmes November 13, 2015
wwi

See Aerial Reconnaissance Photos of WWI Battlefields

Anika Burgess November 10, 2015
soviet history

Unseen Photos of Jewish Life in Europe, Before and After World War II

Anika Burgess November 6, 2015
Blakesley Hall
Birmingham, England

Blakesley Hall

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.
The Svalbard Seed Bank entrance, lit up by fiberoptics the night after its opening.
war history

From WWII to Syria, How Seed Vaults Weather Wars

Cara Giaimo October 12, 2015
nazis

The Secret World War II Prison Camp for Artists

Luke Spencer October 7, 2015