Otranto, Italy
Ossuary Chapel of the Cathedral of Otranto
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
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Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Sarandë District, Albania
A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.
Corfu, Greece
The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Albania
Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.
Krujë, Albania
A temple dedicated to the 13th-century Alevi Turkish dervish credited with bringing Islam to the Balkans.
Podgarić, Croatia
This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.
Novo Selo Palanječko, Croatia
A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.
Bolzano, Italy
The first passenger cable car in the world.
Malička, Croatia
This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.
Cervia, Italy
A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.
Genoa, Italy
Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.
San Fruttuoso, Italy
A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.
Genoa, Italy
Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Colorful power station with a chimney equipped with a gallery for exhaust monitoring equipment.
Genoa, Italy
A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.
Crespano del Grappa, Italy
This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.