1.   At Beaufort Castle, we found South Lebanese tourists flocking to see the former Israeli fortress.

2.   At the same time, history is always being made at the former Revolutionary War fortress on the banks of the Hudson River.

3.   The beachside patio at Bellerive boasts gardens and cannon from a former British fortress and the sounds of whistling tree frogs at dusk.

4.   Twenty years later, he is married to a Puerto Rican and is director of the Vieques history museum, housed in a former Spanish fortress.

5.   Turkish troops could still be seen in isolated pockets, including a small group with jeeps at a former Iraqi military fortress.