Turda, Romania
Salina Turda
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
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Caraș-Severin, Romania
Bigar Waterfall
Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.
Hunedoara, Romania
Corvin Castle
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Beli Potok, Serbia
Monument to the Unknown Hero
Near Belgrade, an ancient-looking sarcophagus serves as a World War I monument.
Zvezdan, Serbia
Ruins of Felix Romuliana at Gamzigrad
Imperial palace of Emperor Galerius, the Emperor behind the worst Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire.
Petrovaradin, Serbia
'Catacombs' of Petrovaradin Fortress
A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.
Despotovac, Serbia
Manasija Monastery
This 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery also contained a school for illuminating manuscripts.
Tekija, Serbia
Tabula Traiana
A Roman monument to their own civil engineering prowess.
Bač, Serbia
Bač Fortress
A well preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina.
Subotica, Serbia
Subotica's Art Nouveau Synagogue
Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.
Niš, Serbia
The Skull Tower of Nis
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Golubac, Serbia
Golubac Fortress
This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.
Istanbul, Turkey
St. Stephen Bulgarian Iron Church
The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.
Vidin, Bulgaria
Vidin Synagogue
The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.
Rilski manastir, Bulgaria
Rila Monastery
This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.
Shumen, Bulgaria
Bulgarian State Monument
This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.
Pristina, Kosovo
Newborn Monument
This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.
Pristina, Kosovo
Kosovo Bill Clinton Statue
A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.
Mitrovica, Kosovo
Mitrovica Miners Monument
Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.
Pristina, Kosovo
National Library of Kosovo
A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.
Bucharest, Romania
Memorial of Rebirth
This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.
Permanently Closed
Bucharest, Romania
Trajan and Wolf Statue
One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.
Bucharest, Romania
Arcul de Triumf
Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.
