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A cannon sits on a wet wooden platform overlooking trees
Aldershot, England

Redan Hill Fortifications

In the mid-1800s, the British military used this hilltop fort to train soldiers.
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Senegalese Nem

Senegal's popular spring rolls tell a story of war, love, and colonialism.
U-Shaped Remount Stable
Front Royal, Virginia

Front Royal Quartermaster Remount Depot

These buildings are a poignant reminder of the thousands of horses and mules who passed through this area of the Shenandoah Valley on their way to war.
Lieutenant General William C. Gribble Jr. Memorial.
Alexandria, Virginia

Lieutenant General William C. Gribble Jr. Memorial

This marker at the entrance to the Humphreys Engineer Center honors the former Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.
Zephyrhills, Florida

Zephyrhills Museum of Military History

This facility, now a museum, once housed and trained U.S. Army Air Force pilots who flew during the Allied invasion of Normandy.
Roman Nose Ridge marker.
Wray, Colorado

Beecher Island

The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.
Stones.
Mexico City, Mexico

Temple of Santiago Tlatelolco's Stones

A close look at the church's walls reveals pieces of Mexico's history.
A bronze cast of the Army-owned Wankel's T. Rex, affectionately nicknamed "Big Mike," guards the Museum of the Rockies.
dinosaurs

Why Does the U.S. Army Own So Many Fossils?

Turns out massive flood control projects are a great way to find dinosaurs.
Sabrina Imbler August 7, 2019
This quilt was made by an unknown artist, likely in Crimea in the 19th century. It's a relatively simple quilt, requiring straightforward sewing and construction skills.
military history

The Dazzling Quilts of 19th-Century British Soldiers Are Threaded With Mystery

We still don't know how or why they made these elaborate textiles.
Natasha Frost June 19, 2018
Newly recruited members of the Women's Army Corps in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1942.
food

How the U.S. Army Botched Feeding Its Female Soldiers in WWII

Outcomes included weight gain, sexual harassment, and skipping meals.
Natasha Frost May 25, 2018
The gates of the former Bassett POW Camp.
Joiner, Arkansas

Bassett POW Camp

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.
Painted Rocks.
Barstow, California

Painted Rocks

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.
Budae jjigae often includes Korean rice cakes, called garae-tteok.
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Budae Jjigae

All is fare in the Korean War.
The windows have been bricked up for years.
Washington, D.C.

Washington Aqueduct Castle Gatehouse

A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?
Back of the WASP Museum hangar
Sweetwater, Texas

National WASP WWII Museum

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.
Satellite view
Doyle, California

Sierra Army Depot

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.
A Union soldier in the jaws of a dinosaur.
Natural Bridge, Virginia

Dinosaur Kingdom II

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Abandoned Fort Ord building.
Salinas, California

Fort Ord

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.