N Truro Air Force Base

At the tip of Cape Cod, from 1951 to 1985, the Air Force operated a remote outpost to listen and watch for the Russians. No air strip; just communications. At the end of the Cold War, the Air Force left the site to the National Park Service. The asbestos- and insecticide-filled buildings rotted in place for decades, but most have recently been dismantled.

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