Rilski manastir, Bulgaria
Rila Monastery
This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.
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Rilski manastir, Bulgaria
This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.
Belogradchik, Bulgaria
Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.
Zelenikovo, Bulgaria
A supersonic jet stands on a pedestal in this rural village as a monument to military aviation.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
A shopping mall housed in a historic cinema and hiding ancient ruins under its floors.
Bulgaria
An abandoned sanatorium building from the early 20th century sits in the forest of the Rila mountains.
Kazichene, Bulgaria
The Bulgarian royal family exclusively used this ornate, now-abandoned train station.
Sofia, Bulgaria
An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.
Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.
Krusevo, North Macedonia
Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.
Malinska, Croatia
This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Torslanda, Sweden
Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.
Säve, Sweden
This declassified Cold War bunker hosts a large collection of Swedish aircraft.
Kalsoy, Faroe Islands
This tombstone marks the spot where the legendary British spy met his end.
Gothenburg, Sweden
A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.
Tanumshede, Sweden
Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.
Larvik, Norway
Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.
Horten, Norway
Once the scene of a young boy's home in revolt, this Norwegian island is now home to the world's first "ecological" prison.
Ghajnsielem, Malta
This abandoned building, which is the second-largest structure on the Maltese island of Comino, has a complicated past.
Mosta, Malta
This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."
Rendang, Indonesia
Bali’s Mother Temple, a breathtaking complex that rises serenely up the side of an active volcano.
Victoria, Malta
These clocks tell time in a theological sense.
Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
This site was once the religious, cultural, and trade center of Sri Lanka.
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.