Places deneez Wants to Go

This elegant monument to those who fought against fascism is inspired by the shape of the poppy flower.

An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.

A crumbling monument to a now locally-extinct sport in Bulgaria's oldest ski resort.

An abandoned sanatorium building from the early 20th century sits in the forest of the Rila mountains.

Massive, unfinished broadcasting station stands as a monument to the fall of communism.

This rose and lavender oil distillery still operates as it did more than a century ago.

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.

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

An unfinished complex built for children from around the world sits abandoned on the Black Sea coastline.

These cascading falls resonate throughout the Bulgarian forest.

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

This abandoned factory once produced Yugoslavia’s iconic Yugo automobile.

The medieval fortress of Prince Lazar of Serbia is now an archaeological park.

A series of metal trumpets in the heart of Ruma represents the seven Vojvodina People's Liberation Brigades.

This medieval fortress guards a monastery near the border of Serbia and Montenegro.

A neglected spomenik overlooking the beautiful Kopaonik Mountains.

Once one of the most beautiful buildings in Serbia, this palace stands abandoned in a park.

A hidden gem to enjoy nature in its purest form.

This tower is all that remains from a medieval fortress.