Adolf Hitler's former alpine retreat is reached via a 124-meter elevator drilled into the mountain. The complex -- now a restaurant and information center -- is set to get a $22.5 million upgrade.
Hitler's Eagle's Nest —
Adolf Hitler's former alpine retreat is reached via a 124-meter elevator drilled into the mountain. The complex -- now a restaurant and information center -- is set to get a $22.5 million upgrade.
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Yugoslav strongman Josip Tito's personal atomic shelter, in Bosnia, was a secret until the 1990s -- now it houses a temporary art exhibition.
Tito's nuclear shelter —
Yugoslav strongman Josip Tito's personal atomic shelter, in Bosnia, was a secret until the 1990s -- now it houses a temporary art exhibition.
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The neoclassical Villa Torlonia, in Rome, was Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's residence between 1925 and 1943 and now contains a museum and archives.
Mussolini's Villa Torlonia —
The neoclassical Villa Torlonia, in Rome, was Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's residence between 1925 and 1943 and now contains a museum and archives.
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After being booted out of Albania in 1939, the dictatorial King Zog's unlikely residence was Parmoor House, in Buckinghamshire -- it's currently a religious retreat. Here, supporters of the self-titled Zog carry his portrait at a reburial ceremony in Tirana.
King Zog's Buckinghamshire bolthole —
After being booted out of Albania in 1939, the dictatorial King Zog's unlikely residence was Parmoor House, in Buckinghamshire -- it's currently a religious retreat. Here, supporters of the self-titled Zog carry his portrait at a reburial ceremony in Tirana.
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Palm trees imported from California and sniper emplacements completed the murderous Stalin's favorite Black Sea summer escape. The dacha has become a cramped museum.
Stalin's dacha —
Palm trees imported from California and sniper emplacements completed the murderous Stalin's favorite Black Sea summer escape. The dacha has become a cramped museum.
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Iron-fisted Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's former hilltop hideaway, the Palacio Real del Pardo, can be toured when foreign dignitaries aren't being put up there. Here a Spanish guardsman performs at the palace.
Franco's palace —
Iron-fisted Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's former hilltop hideaway, the Palacio Real del Pardo, can be toured when foreign dignitaries aren't being put up there. Here a Spanish guardsman performs at the palace.
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Napoleon's silken briefs on show at the Château de Fontainebleau, which the French autocrat wanted to top the Palace of Versailles.
Napoleon's grandiose chateau —
Napoleon's silken briefs on show at the Château de Fontainebleau, which the French autocrat wanted to top the Palace of Versailles.
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The son of Claus von Stauffenberg visits the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's Polish bolthole, where the famous failed assassination attempt against the dictator took place. There's now a hotel on the site.
Hitler's Eastern Front HQ —
The son of Claus von Stauffenberg visits the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's Polish bolthole, where the famous failed assassination attempt against the dictator took place. There's now a hotel on the site.
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