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

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

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

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

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

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

Something's watching you.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

Several rooms flooded with 35mm film reel.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."