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Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

Explore the history of mining in this museum, or in a real mine from the 1920s.

The famous springs of this small town still flow outside this historic building.

One of the largest mines in Bulgaria is now home to a vast museum more than 100 feet underground.

The Grand Mall in Varna hosts one of the biggest collections of Soviet-era paraphernalia in Bulgaria.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A neglected spomenik overlooking the beautiful Kopaonik Mountains.

A tribute to a man who defied the Nazis until his last breath.

Curious carved stones and bird-like wings are a symbol of Serbian resilience and freedom on the site of a WWII massacre.

An abandoned monument remembering the "Pančevo Holocaust" now stands as a shadow of its former self.

Abstract monuments express sorrow and resilience at the site of a horrific massacre in Nazi-occupied Serbia.

Serbia's master of striking memorials erected a forgotten, hidden gem in the hills outside a tiny village.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

A grand Yugoslav memorial to the group of partisans who fought and died resisting western Serbia’s Nazi occupation.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.