Dora I U-boat Bunker

By jbottero

(2026-03-03)

Dora I is a former German submarine base and submarine pen or bunker built in Trondheim, Norway. Construction of the bunker was undertaken during the Second World War. Nearby is the uncompleted Dora II. After the war, Dora I was to be blown up using dynamite, but this project was eventually cancelled due to the massive construction and the sheer size of the bunker. Dora I was converted into a warehouse and workshop building.

The Valentin Submarine Factory

By jbottero

(2026-02-22)

The Valentin submarine factory is a protective shelter on the Weser River, built to produce and launch German U-boats during World War II. Built between 1943 and March 1945 using forced labor, the factory sustained damage from air raids before U-boat production could commence. It was the largest fortified U-boat facility in Germany, second only to the facilities at Brest in France. Production of U-boats by German shipyards had been dramatically reduced as a result of bombing by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces, necessitating the creation of bomb-proof production sites.

Tonopah Air Force Base - Front Gate

By jbottero

(2026-02-22)

Tonopah Air Force Base, formerly Tonopah Army Air Field in World War II, is a former military installation designated an Air Force Base in 1948. Two of the runways still in use are maintained by Nye County, Nevada, as the Tonopah Airport.

Also seen HERE at Virtual Globetrotting.

Valentin Submarine Pens

By jbottero

(2026-02-22)

The Valentin submarine factory is a bunker on the Weser River at the Bremen suburb of Rekum, built to produce and launch German U-boats during World War II. Production of U-boats by German shipyards had been dramatically reduced as a result of bombing by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces, necessitating the creation of bomb-proof production sites.

Camp Claiborne

By jbottero

(2026-01-25)

Camp Claiborne was a U.S. Army military camp in the 1930s continuing through World War II located in Rapides Parish in central Louisiana. It was established in 1930, as Camp Evangeline, named for the Evangeline District of the Kisatchie National Forest, where it was situated. It was later renamed for the Governor of the Territory of Orleans and first governor of the State of Louisiana, William C.C. Claiborne. In 1939, construction crews were sent to expand the camp, and it was activated in 1940. From 1939 to 1946, over half a million men went through Camp Claiborne. The camp was mainly used for basic training and artillery practice.

Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant

By jbottero

(2025-12-24)

The Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant was a 8,493-acre government-owned, facility in Karnack, Texas that was established in 1942. The Monsanto Chemical Company selected the site in December 1941 to produce TNT. The plant produced 393,000,000 pounds of TNT throughout World War 2. After the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on December 8, 1987, the Longhorn plant was used to destroy Pershing missiles. The plant was operated by Thiokol. The property is a Superfund Site, and was transferred to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in 2000 to become the Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

Johnson’s Island Confederate Prison Cemetery

By jbottero

(2025-12-21)

Maintained by the U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, the Johnson’s Island Confederate Cemetery is the final resting place for 206 Confederate officers. These men died in captivity during the period when the island was used as a prisoner of war facility, 1862-1865. A statue of a Confederate soldier facing south by sculptor Moses Ezekiel was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Cincinnati Chapter in 1910. Open daily year-round; free admission to cemetery but access to the island is via causeway and a nominal toll per vehicle is charged.

Also seen HERE at Virtual Globetrotting.

Johnson’s Island Confederate Prison Cemetery

By jbottero

(2025-12-21)

Maintained by the U.S. Government, Department of the Interior, the Johnson’s Island Confederate Cemetery is the final resting place for 206 Confederate officers. These men died in captivity during the period when the island was used as a prisoner of war facility, 1862-1865. A statue of a Confederate soldier facing south by sculptor Moses Ezekiel was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Cincinnati Chapter in 1910. Open daily year-round; free admission to cemetery but access to the island is via causeway and a nominal toll per vehicle is charged.

Also seen HERE at Virtual Globetrotting.

Duga Radar Control Room

By jbottero

(2025-12-16)

Duga was an over-the-horizon radar system used in the Soviet Union as part of its early-warning radar network for missile defense. It operated from July 1976 to December 1989. Two operational Duga radars were deployed, with one near Chernobyl, and the other in eastern Siberia. The Duga site lies within the 30 kilometers Zone of Alienation around the Chernobyl power plant. This is what's left of part of the control room.

Duga Radar

By jbottero

(2025-12-16)

Duga was an over-the-horizon radar system used in the Soviet Union as part of its early-warning radar network for missile defense. It operated from July 1976 to December 1989. Two operational Duga radars were deployed, with one near Chernobyl, and the other in eastern Siberia. The Duga site lies within the 30 kilometers Zone of Alienation around the Chernobyl power plant.

Eastern Sierra Regional Airport

By jbottero

(2025-11-25)

Eastern Sierra Regional Airport is two miles east of Bishop, in Inyo County, California. The land is leased from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The airport is owned and operated by Inyo County. The airfield opened during World War II and was known as Bishop Army Airfield and was a sub-base to Muroc Army Airfield.

Nebraska Veterans Cemetery

By jbottero

(2025-11-23)

Located on the site of the former Army Airbase. Marble headstones, historical displays and memorabilia represent a tribute to the nation's veterans.

The Sajmište Concentration Camp - Remaining Buildings

By jbottero

(2025-11-19)

The Sajmište Concentration Camp was a Nazi German concentration and extermination camp during World War II. It was located at the former Belgrade fairground site near the town of Zemun, in the Independent State of Croatia. The camp was organized and operated by SS Einsatzgruppen units stationed in occupied Serbia. It became operational in 1941. The Germans used a gas van sent from Berlin to kill thousands of Jewish inmates. Most of the Germans responsible for the operation of the camp were captured and brought to trial.

Camp Adair - Former

By jbottero

(2025-11-18)

Camp Adair was a United States Army division training facility established north of Corvallis, Oregon, operating from 1942 to 1946. During its peak period of use, the camp was home to approximately 40,000 persons, enough to have constituted the second largest city in the state of Oregon. The camp was largely scrapped as government surplus following termination of World War II, with a portion of the site reconstituted as "Adair Air Force Station" in 1957. Part of the former Camp Adair is now contained within the E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area, operated by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, with other parts of the camp now incorporated into the city of Adair Village.

Camp Coxcomb Historical Marker

By jbottero

(2025-09-19)

The Camp Coxcomb was a sub camp of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young where General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Camp Coxcomb was designated a California Historic Landmark.

Camp Clipper and Camp Essex

By jbottero

(2025-09-19)

Camp Clipper and Camp Essex were subcamps of the US Army's Desert Training Center in San Bernardino County, California, located near Historic Route 66 and the Santa Fe Railway. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young. This is where General George S. Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed.

Chancery Lane Deep Level Shelter Entrance

By jbottero

(2025-05-13)

During the second world war, a set of tunnels were constructed near Chancery Lane as air raid shelters for up to 8,000 people. The tunnels, which are over 100 feet deep, were never used as shelters, but were taken over by the Inter Services Research Bureau branch of MI6. The warren-like network of tunnels was used as a telecommunications hub and employed in the transmission of messages between Kennedy and Khrushchev at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The tunnels have since been decommissioned.

Historic Hanford B Reactor

By jbottero

(2025-05-10)

The B-Reactor at Hanford Site, Washington, was the first large scale plutonium production reactor ever built. The project was commissioned under the Manhattan Project, during World War II, to develop the first nuclear weapons. The B Reactor was one of three reactors—along with the D and F reactors—built about six miles apart on the south bank of the Columbia River. The plutonium for the Trinity device, tested at Los Alamos in New Mexico, and the Fat Man bomb, later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, was created in the B, D and F reactors.

Hanford B Reactor Core

By jbottero

(2025-05-10)

The B-Reactor at Hanford Site, Washington, was the first large scale plutonium production reactor ever built. The project was commissioned under the Manhattan Project, during World War II, to develop the first nuclear weapons. The B Reactor was one of three reactors—along with the D and F reactors—built about six miles apart on the south bank of the Columbia River. The plutonium for the Trinity device, tested at Los Alamos in New Mexico, and the Fat Man bomb, later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, was created in the B, D and F reactors.

Fort Sumner Auxiliary Army Airfield #5

By jbottero

(2025-04-24)

Fort Sumner Auxiliary Army Airfield #5, also known as Taiban Field, was an auxiliary landing field to Fort Sumner Army Air Field, later renamed Fort Sumner Municipal Airport. Auxiliary Army Airfield #5 / Taiban Field was apparently abandoned at some point between 1968 and 1980.

Tucumcari Municipal Airport

By jbottero

(2025-04-24)

Opened in August 1941, Tucumcari Municipal Airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces and at the time it was known as Fort Sumner Army Auxiliary Airfield #7, being subordinate to Fort Sumner Army Air Field. The airfield provided primary glider pilot training. The facility became a prisoner of war camp in March 1944. Tucumcari is a city in and the county seat of Quay County, New Mexico.

Inside Hỏa Lò Prison

By jbottero

(2025-04-08)

Hỏa Lò Prison was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton".

PGM-17 Thor missile launch site - Ludford

By jbottero

(2025-02-20)

Thor was the first operational ballistic missile in the arsenal of the United States. Thor was 65 feet in height and 8 feet in diameter. It was deployed in the UK between 1959 and 1963 as an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile with thermonuclear warheads. It was later augmented in the U.S. arsenal by the PGM-19 Jupiter. A large family of space launch vehicles, the Delta rockets, were derived from the Thor design. Its descendants fly to this day as the Delta II and Delta IV rockets.

Sonny Corleone Gets Rubbed Out

By jbottero

(2025-02-16)

From the Godfather... Filming for this scene took place at the long decommissioned Mitchel Air Force Base, which was in operation from 1917 to June 25th, 1961. Since it was decommissioned, chunks of the runways have given way to new development. Filming the scene where Sonny gets rubbed out took place on the only remaining portion of the runway. For the film, they built fake tollbooths to create the location as being on the Long Beach causeway.At the Long Beach Causeway toll plaza, a rival Mafia assassin trap Sonny and shoot him to death.

SAGE Bunker at Decommisioned Adair Air Force Station

By jbottero

(2025-01-09)

Camp Adair was a Army training facility established north of Corvallis, Oregon, operating from 1942 to 1946. During its peak period, the camp was home to 40,000 persons. The camp was largely scrapped as government surplus following end of World War II, with a portion of the site reconstituted as "Adair Air Force Station" in 1957. A SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) bunker was built and the facility operated until September 1969 when it was permanently closed.

B Reactor

By Fab

(2023-04-24)

Bekesbourne Tetrahedra Field

By kkeps

(2023-01-30)

Near a railway line is an amazing, little-known field, where abandoned anti-tank obstacles nestle in the Kent countryside. These structures are likely a relic of the nearby Bekesbourne World War I airfield, abandoned circa 1940, though there isn't much info available about how they ended up here. Many of them are marked with a letter and number and now lie in the field with trees and weeds growing between them.

Object 1180

By hhgygy

(2021-01-17)

A dilapidating memento to the cold war, Object 1180, an underground military complex, was built by the Soviet Union when Western Germany joined NATO.

Also seen HERE at Virtual Globetrotting.

Tower Dupre

By boothy443

(2019-07-13)

A Martello Tower (hexagonal, 2 story) type of fort/coastal defence, used as part of the maritime fortification apparatus of New Orleans. Built between 1827-1830, it was garrisoned by the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Declared government in 1883, fell into a state of ruin at some later date.

Fort Proctor (ruins)

By boothy443

(2019-07-13)

Intended to be part of the maritime protection of New Orleans the fort was never garrisoned. Improvements in artillery technology following the Civil War made the fortification obsolete.

Site of COWPUNCHER, a Presidential Emergency Facility, at Roundtop Summit, WV

By emilykind_

(2019-01-24)

North Mountain, WV is the site of a former Presidential Emergency Facility known as COWPUNCHER. COWPUNCHER was constructed in the 50's and 60's as part of a larger effort to create the infrastructure necessary for the continuity of government in the event of a nuclear strike. Prior to its deconstruction, COWPUNCHER was a large white tower with a microwave communication relay station that connected to the White House, Site R (Raven Rock), Camp David, Mt Weather, and other crucial government facilities.

Old Bunkers for Munitions Storage

By hw4x

(2016-06-14)

Part of Fairchild AFB. You can see these from the terminal of Seattle International Airport.

Another Spokane Area Missile Silo

By hw4x

(2016-06-14)

This is used for storage of UFO documents - National UFO reporting Center.

Another Abandoned Missile Silo

By hw4x

(2016-06-14)

Just off the main road - Hwy 28 & Carlson in WA. Go West, stay straight.

Old Missile Silo - SM-65E Atlas

By hw4x

(2016-06-14)

Can just see this off of Hwy. 90. No access except on semi-private road.

Desert Training Center (DTC)

By kjfitz

(2015-05-23)

The Desert Training Center (DTC), also known as California-Arizona Maneuver Area (CAMA), was a World War II training facility established in the Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert, largely in Southern California and Western Arizona in 1942.

Activated April 1, 1942
Closed July 1, 1944

Presque Isle Air Force Base (former)

By kjfitz

(2015-04-06)

In 1941 the federal government appropriated the local airport, establishing Presque Isle Army Airfield for planes bound to and from Great Britain.

Activated: September 15, 1941.

The aviation activities at Presque Isle AAF was officially closed on September 18, 1945 and the airfield was de-activated on September 20, 1945.

Redesignated Presque Isle Air Force Base on January 12, 1948.

Camp Atlanta - German WWII POW Camp

By mikeb9991

(2014-12-09)

German WWII POW Camp in Nebraska

By mikeb9991

(2014-12-09)

VOA Transmitter/Relay (decommissioned)

By hw4x

(2014-11-24)

Build in the early 1940's and transmitted until late 1980's. (VOA: "Voice of America")

VLF/LF Antenna Array (decommissioned)

By hw4x

(2014-11-24)

This is part of the old Point Arena Air Force Base. You can still see the radio building and antenna poles (laying down.)

Krampnitz Barracks

By jbottero

(2014-05-03)

Krampnitz Kaserne was a military complex, in Fahrland, Potsdam, created by the Germans during the rearmament period. It was used by the Nazis until the end of the Second World War. After the war it was used by Soviet troops until its abandonment in 1992.

Tropospheric Scatter Dishes

By jbottero

(2014-05-03)

Tropospheric scatter dishes located at RAF Stenigot.

Eastern Island

By Xeba73

(2014-04-14)

Eastern Island and Sand Island were both fortified by the Navy during WWII. Eastern Island had three runways in a triangular configuration, and was defended by six coastal and dual-purpose batteries. The military shut down all of its bases by 1993, handing over control to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Former SADF Ombalantu Base

By ossewa

(2014-04-12)

Former South African Defense Force Base (Ombalantu/Outapi) during the war in SWA and Angola [1966-1989].
Famous for the large Boabab tree that was used as a church by the soldiers.

Point Arena Air Force Station - Abandoned

By hw4x

(2014-02-06)

Years of operation: 1951-1998
Garrison: 776th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

D06-Minuteman II silo

By nico

(2014-01-17)

E06-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-17)

E05-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-17)

Overrun by nature.

E04-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-17)

Old training site?

E03-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-17)

Looks over run by nature.

B03-Minuteman I missile silo

By nico

(2014-01-15)

C02-Minuteman I missile silo

By nico

(2014-01-15)

S04-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-15)

S03-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-15)

S02-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-15)

G07-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-14)

J02-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-14)

J09-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-14)

L03-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-14)

J08-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-14)

J06-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-14)

M02-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-14)

M05-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-14)

F07-Minuteman I silo-Training exercise?

By nico

(2014-01-13)

There appears to be 2 armored vehicles? with some troops? at the entrance, probable exercise going on. Anyone have any thoughts?

K03-Minuteman III silo

By nico

(2014-01-13)

K05-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-13)

L08-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-13)

O05-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-13)

O08-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-12)

N07-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-12)

T03-Minuteman II missile silo

By nico

(2014-01-08)

Former National Guard Armory converted to porn movie studio

By jebf

(2014-01-06)

http://www.armorystudios.com/

B09-Minuteman I missile silo

By nico

(2014-01-06)

B11-Minuteman I missile silo

By nico

(2014-01-06)

B05-Minuteman I missile silo

By nico

(2014-01-06)

B06-Minuteman III missile silo

By nico

(2014-01-06)

C02-Minuteman I missile silo

By nico

(2014-01-06)

L06-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-05)

L02-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-05)

L04-Minuteman III silo

By nico

(2014-01-05)

J04-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-05)

K05-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-05)

K04-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-05)

K10-Minuteman I silo

By nico

(2014-01-05)

Cohoes Armory

By militaryman

(2013-09-30)

Schenectady Armory

By militaryman

(2013-09-30)

The Schenectady Armory is located on Washington Street in the city of the same name in the U.S. state of New York. It is a brown brick building dating to 1936.
New York's state architect at that time, William Haugaard, used the Art Deco architectural style for the exterior of the building and the Tudorbethan mode for the interior. The armory remains virtually intact today. It was home to two units of the New York Army National Guard until it was closed in 2008. In 1995 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Hangar 9, Brooks City-Base

By WacoKidd110

(2013-09-13)

Hangar 9 at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas is the oldest U.S. Air Force aircraft storage and repair facility, and the only surviving hangar from World War I.

NAS Barbers Point

By kjfitz

(2013-08-22)

Naval Air Station Barbers Point (ICAO: PHJR, FAA LID: JRF), also called John Rodgers Field (the original name of Honolulu International Airport) is a former United States Navy airfield closed in the 1990s. It was later reopened as Kalaeloa Airport in 1999.

SA-1 (GUILD) site - defunct

By Alkavian

(2013-07-19)

The SA-1 system was deployed around the city of Moscow early in the Cold War. The system is long defunct, but the remains of the old sites are still visible in the vicinity of Moscow.

Roslyn Air National Guard Station (former)

By skyeye

(2013-06-01)

Roslyn Air National Guard Station was a United States Air Force Air Defense Station. It was closed in 2000, demolished, and a park built on the site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roslyn_AFS

http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=3&lon=-73.626944&lat=40.796389&year=1966

Palermo Air Force Station (former)

By skyeye

(2013-06-01)

A radar station decommissioned in 1970. No trace remains.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo_AFS

Old Soviet Nuclear Depot

By nico

(2013-05-25)

Former Javor 542 - 12th GUMO Soviet Nuclear Missile Warheads Bunker Depot - Bela pod Bezdezem.

Military post No 85856
Nearby cities: Mladá Boleslav; Turnov; Mělník

Former Soviet Nuclear Missile Warheads Bunker Depot Bilina

By nico

(2013-05-25)

Code name Явор 50. One of the three : Bilina, Misov, Bela pod Bezdezem.
Immigration camp at present.
Nearby cities: Most; Teplice; Litvinov
Coordinates: 50°29'49"N 13°50'5"E

Ancient fortress?

By nico

(2013-05-05)

Looks real old but some people on Google have said these were built in the 60s to deter Soviet invasion and then abandoned. Anyone have any info on these structures?

Ancient fortress?

By nico

(2013-05-05)

Looks real old but some people on Google have said these were built in the 60s to deter Soviet invasion and then abandoned. Anyone have any info on these structures?

Ancient fortress?

By nico

(2013-05-05)

Looks real old but some people on Google have said these were built in the 60s to deter Soviet invasion and then abandoned. Anyone have any info on these structures?

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp

By jbottero

(2013-04-04)

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapons being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group, Women for Life on Earth, arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the British government to allow cruise missiles to be based there. The first blockade of the base occurred in May 1982 with 250 women protesting, during which 34 arrests were made.

A Commemorative & Historic Site on the site of the old camp was inaugurated on 5 October 2002 which features a circle of seven standing stones encircling the 'Flame' sculpture which represents a camp fire.

Greenham Common Control Tower

By jbottero

(2013-04-04)

Now closed, was a huge Cold War base in the UK.

Poultry farm on former runway: RAF Balado Bridge

By daggerwell

(2013-01-14)

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/raf-balado-bridge/