Once a center of American nuclear strength and shrouded in Cold War secrecy, this location now provides ample habitat for wildlife and plants. It's the perfect place to enjoy a day of hiking and wildlife observation, while always being a stone's throw away from the massive mound of entombed radioactive waste located on site.
March 29, 2022
Bagolino, Italy
This abandoned IDGZ station was one of 49 troposcatter stations in the NATO ACE High network.
Mohawk, Michigan
One of the few Cold War-era bases with many of its original structures still standing.
Corinne, Utah
Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.
Nynäshamn S, Sweden
A southern Swedish island is home to the last ERSTA artillery battery, meant to protect the shoreline during the Cold War.
Great Falls, Virginia
This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.
Herndon, Virginia
An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.
Gilsland, England
In the middle of a barren moorland, the remnants of a lost British Space Age stand like a 20th-century Stonehenge.
Warrenton, Virginia
This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.
