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I grew up at/near Verdun, and we regularly find active shells (53 millions used during the battle), ammo, bayonets... A large part of the area is forbidden ("zone rouge" in french). WWI devastated the Meuse county. Today, some kids do camping in abandoned forts ;)

I visited a few years ago. Haunting and surreal. Here's a few of my photos, they don't do it justice except to show the craters and pieces of metal like you described.

https://goo.gl/photos/WGePPQWYwNHeCaN37

Some of the Bosnian countryside is similarly pocked and then grassed over. I wasn't sure when driving through a few years ago if that was a remnant of war or a natural feature?

In college, I had the chance to take a trip with students in the history department to WW1 battle sites, but unfortunately could not go due to it overlapping with an internship in my major. Seemed like the more responsible choice at the time. But in retrospect, I should have taken the trip.