Places aemem Wants to Go

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

The place where World War I began.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

A lovely biographical museum in the artist's home of 24 years.

The oldest cemetery in Belgium.

The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.

Banished from town, this local jester concocted a clever return.

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.