Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

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

A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.

An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.

The place where World War I began.

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

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

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

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

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

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

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

In this town's main square resides a statue of none other than the 43rd President of the United States.

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

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.