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St Martin’s Rotunda, Prague

13 Places With Cannonballs Stuck in Them

Lodged into the side of churches, towers, and apartment signs, these hidden reminders of war are surprisingly common.

Roxanne Hoorn January 24, 2025

Phoenix, Arizona

‘Release the Fear’

Four tons of weapons merge together in a memorial against violence.

San Francisco, California

St. Francis of the Guns

This sculpture was made out of recycled guns that were turned in to the city.

Nitra, Slovakia

The Sword of Pribina

A towering sword embedded in the ground commemorates the legendary Slavic ruler.

Hamilton, Ontario

The Dragon's Lair Unleashed

A store that specializes in realistic replicas of pop culture weaponry.

San Marino, San Marino

Cava dei Balestrieri

Where members of the Crossbow Corps of San Marino demonstrate their skills.

Twelve Pound Howitzer

In the courtyard of a popular museum stands a piece of artillery from 1859.

Podcast: Okomfo Anokye's Sword

In a courtyard in Kumasi, Ghana, you’ll find a sword planted in the ground more than 300 years ago.

The Podcast Team May 3, 2023

A sculpture of the Dover Demon, a cryptid supposedly seen in Massachusetts in the 1970s, on display at the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

Take a Podcast Tour of Some of the World's Most Unusual Museums

Visiting some of our favorite very specific collections from the last two years.

April White April 5, 2023

Hawthorne Ordnance Museum

Hawthorne, Nevada

Hawthorne Ordnance Museum

Once a staging site for World War II munitions.

Other cannons inside the castle.

Westford, Massachusetts

Morro Castle Trophy Cannon

An artifact taken from one of America's shortest wars.

Museum of Badger Army Ammunition

North Freedom, Wisconsin

Museum of Badger Army Ammunition

Housed inside a former munitions plant that was once one of the largest in the country.

Hiroshi Igushi, principal of Kamiyama Elementary School in Ichinomiya, Japan demonstrates the use of a <em>sasumata</em>, the same day he actually used one to subdue an intruder.

In Japan, School ‘Intruder’ Drills Are Full-Contact and Unpredictable

In response to safety concerns, teachers and staff are trained to subdue and disarm.

Allan Richarz May 13, 2022

Motts Military Museum

Groveport, Ohio

Motts Military Museum

A unique collection of military history dating back to the American Revolution.

T-486 Patriot.

ATK Rocket Garden

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

Bratislava Old Town Hall

Bratislava, Slovakia

Bratislava Old Town Hall's Cannonball

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

Naarden, Netherlands

Grote Kerk Cannonballs

The Siege of Naarden ended in 1814, but the cannonballs embedded in the town church remain.

Samurai Museum

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.