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

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

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

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

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

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

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

A mosaic monument that commemorates the historical struggles of the people of North Macedonia.

An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

The ceiling of this cavern is dripping with multicolored marble stalactites.

Christianity and Islam have clashed, yet here a Serbian Orthodox church and a mosque stand together.

A 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church that was once converted into a mosque under the much-disfavored Ottoman Empire.

This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

As of 2022, the 124 rooms of Kosovo ski resort remain empty.

Artists made this mosque into a marvel of Ottoman baroque architecture.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

These dilapidated planes are now a canvas for graffiti artists.

One of Bogdan Bogdanović's first spomeniks honors those who died during the People's Liberation Struggle in Macedonia.

After witnessing the rise and fall of three empires, this ancient city was finally destroyed by a series of earthquakes.

This elegant monument to those who fought against fascism is inspired by the shape of the poppy flower.