Military bases once bustling with activity now stand frozen in time, their empty barracks and control towers slowly reclaimed by nature. These silent sentinels witnessed pivotal moments in history ...

The base is abandoned, but the U.S. Army left some waste behind.

The US has had a military presence in Greenland since World War II. But an abandoned underground military site poses a major environmental threat as the planet warms. Researchers found thousands of ...

Dotted across the world are some incredibly eerie abandoned and derelict military bases.

January 26, 2026: Al-Monitor's Amberin Zaman shares a first look inside Russia's abandoned military base in Qamishli, Northeast Syria after Russian forces pulled out two days prior. For subscription ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. military aircraft were on the runway of the José Aponte de la Torre Airport, inside the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rusting fuel drums and vehicles remain at an abandoned U.S. World War II base in Greenland. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images ...

Re-activating formerly abandoned army bases is part of Germany’s broader effort to scale up its military infrastructure. In 2024, the German armed forces stepped up construction activity by 20%.