Places chelsb423 Wants to Go

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

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

Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

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

An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.

Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres.

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

This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.

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

A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.

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

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

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

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.

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

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

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

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