Places Akusaru Wants to Go

This unusual hostel provides a glimpse of life in a city under siege.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

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.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

The place where World War I began.

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

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

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

The final resting place of one of the first alleged vampires.

This statue of a goat in boots is meant to represent the European Union.

This tower is all that remains from a medieval fortress.

This natural spa is known for its healing properties and vibrant hue.

A towering spire in the fortress of Kalemegdan honors the victorious armies of Serbia during their struggles against the Ottoman Empire.

Ruins of an old water tower that look like a horror-film castle.

Once a beautiful palace, this structure is now known as the ''museum of destruction."

A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.

Near Belgrade, an ancient-looking sarcophagus serves as a World War I monument.

A museum dedicated to the former country.

This symbol of Yugoslav liberation decorated with 620 carved heads of mythical creatures is now a forlorn relic of another time.

A beautiful 19th-century mansion slowly crumbled and became a 'ghost house' after World War II.

A Roman monument to their own civil engineering prowess.

A grand Yugoslav memorial to the group of partisans who fought and died resisting western Serbia’s Nazi occupation.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.