All Places in Albania

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

A scenic UNESCO site that doubles as a habitat for various forms of wildlife.

This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.

This remote church calls a tiny island its sanctuary.