While almost all nuclear sites you can find in European Countries once beyond the Iron Curtain are today totally abandoned … Continue reading Plokstine – A Preserved Nuclear Missile Site in Lithuania
Czechoslovakia had existed as an independent state since the end of WWI and the dissolution of the Austrian Empire. However, … Continue reading Communist Highlights in Prague and the Czech Republic
The Maginot line – a line of forts running along the French border with Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium – … Continue reading The Border Forts of Czechoslovakia Against Nazi Germany
Soon after the end of WWI, the government and the top-ranking officials of the victorious French Army set plans for … Continue reading Forts of the Maginot Line
A nice and lively university town in the heart of the Estonian countryside, Tartu has really something for every kind … Continue reading The Estonian Aviation Museum
Similar to the neighbor republics of Estonia and Lithuania, Latvia was occupied by the Soviets a first time in 1939 … Continue reading Soviet Leftovers in Latvia
Murmansk is a port town in the northwestern corner of todays Russian Federation. It bolsters the biggest population among the … Continue reading A Walk in Murmansk – A Soviet Industrial Port of Our Time
As pointed out in other posts on the topic – here and here -, the territory belonging to the German … Continue reading Soviet Airbases in the GDR – Second Chapter
The collection of Planes of Fame is probably among the world’s finest of the kind. The group keeps many extremely … Continue reading Planes of Fame Air Museum in California and Arizona
Probably not so famous for bush-flying activity as other locations on the West Coast, especially British Columbia and Alaska, the … Continue reading Flying over Moosehead Lake & Lobster Lake, Maine
