Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

An excavation site that signified Hercules in Pula, and a glimpse into the city's Roman history.

This seven-sided Romanesque chapel is regarded as the oldest building in Rovinj.

A memorial dedicated to the 29,000 Istrian freedom fighters of World War II.

This narrow fjord-like bay is the largest ria in the Mediterranean Sea.

A monument to one of Croatia's famous freedom fighters.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

The lighthouse is on a island which is connected to another island, which is connected to another island, which is connected to one of the largest islands in the world.

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This historic floating crane became an unlikely symbol of the port of Trieste.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.