Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Kiska Island, in the Aleutians far west of Alaska, is not a ...
German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name persisted. By Adeel Hassan Little Kiska Island, at the far western end of ...
On Kiska Island, anti-aircraft guns still point at the sky. Rusting barrels aim for targets that have not crossed their sights in almost 70 years. Gray lakes fill craters blown into the tundra by ...
On Kiska Island, anti-aircraft guns still point at the sky. Rusting barrels aim for targets that have not crossed their sights in almost 70 years. Gray lakes fill craters blown into the tundra by ...
On a damp island far out in the Aleutian chain, a secret weapon of Japan's World War II Navy sinks into the sod. A Type-A midget submarine the shape of a killer whale was one of six the Japanese ...
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