Places Darwin8u Wants to Go

Joe Cocker's 1988 concert at this site in East Germany marked a changing sea tide that would eventually lead to reunification.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

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

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

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

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

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

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

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

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

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

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

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.