World War I

A World War I relic found in the middle of a modern residential area.

This public park features intricate stone architecture, mosaics, and walkways.

Belgium's national heroine turned spy sacrificed her life to combat German occupation.

This rudder is one of the few remnants of a shipyard that once operated on the banks of the Potomac River.

A poignant tribute from a local legend paying tribute to his son.

This cemetery contains a small fraction of the hundreds of Sierra Leoneans who died in the world wars.

This market built by German prisoners of war is made of local stones.

The remains of a cable car used for bauxite mining after World War I hides in a coastal forest.

This neatly maintained cemetery honors the sacrifice of the brave soldiers who laid down their lives during World War I and World War II.

A neighborhood of houses made of poured concrete through a process invented by Thomas Edison.

A seaside cemetery honors the Commonwealth soldiers and sailors that died in Sierra Leone during World War I and II.

This abandoned but well-preserved Prussian fortress sits abandoned in a Polish forest near the German border.

In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand spent his final night alive at this luxurious hotel.

The ghostly remains of a gunpowder mill lost in 70 hectares of thick woods.