California's redwoods hid a secret war machine

As the Pacific war crept ever closer to American shores, the U.S. military turned to technology to watch the skies. By late ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Fred Whipple Figured Out How to Hide Airplanes From Enemy Radar

Fred Whipple has long been recognized as a major contributor to our understanding of space and spaceflight—with contributions ...
Today I Found Out on MSN

The Truth Behind the U.S. Navy’s Most Bizarre Experiment

In 1943, during World War II, the U.S. Navy allegedly conducted a secret experiment in Philadelphia Harbor. The goal: to make ...
Islands.com on MSN

Hidden In Allenwood Is Pennsylvania's Under-The-Radar Ghost Town Full Of Abandoned WWII-Era Bunkers

Hidden in the Pennsylvania hills of Allenwood is a series of World War II-era military bunkers and the remains of a town that ...
The New York Times

In Canada’s Northern Outposts, Rusting Relics Once Guarded Against Nuclear War

Strings of radars stretching across Canada were built to give early warnings of Soviet bombers coming over the Arctic. The region now faces a new era of militarization. Strings of radars stretching ...