From radar facilities to bunkers and gun emplacements to forts, militaries build infrastructure to further their missions. When their usefulness expires, however, those installations sometimes remain for years, decades, or even centuries, standing as crumbling and dilapidated reminders of wars gone by.
For that reason, Stacker took a look at 25 pictures of abandoned military installations and their stories. Some abandoned military structures become derelict and are overtaken by nature. Others become hotspots for tourists looking to catch a great sunset and take a few selfies. Many remain so chemically contaminated it would be dangerous to go near them.
Militaries across the world leave abandoned installments in their wake, sometimes in the form of small, simple structures and sometimes in the form of vast, sprawling complexes that once housed soldiers and their families.
Continue reading to view stunning abandoned military structures that stand today.
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