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These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

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

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

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

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

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

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

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

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

One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.