Places Egao Wants to Go

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

This remote church calls a tiny island its sanctuary.

Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.

This memorial to local World War II heroes is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

A swan-like monument on Obad's Hill honors those that defended the area from German invaders during WWII.

This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.

This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

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

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

A memorial to the thousands of Turkmen soldiers and civilians who died in a bloody 1881 battle.