Unable to afford advanced technological deterrents, Albania’s communist regime built 500 000 military bunkers as a defence against a possible invasion. These monoliths that dominate the landscape were thankfully never used for their intended purpose. This body of work investigates the re-use and recycling of the wealth that the bunkers retain. Between the years of 1975 and 1988 an estimated 500 000 bunkers were constructed. With so much wealth invested in these now useless monoliths, the citizens nowadays are extracting their inheritance by reusing the bunkers as cafes, restaurants, accommodation, and agricultural buildings. They are images of the Albanian mentality today, a portrait of their lives set within the confines of their past. How they perceive and re-organise the failed state inherited from the bankrupt communist regime.