Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

A relic from the Industrial Revolution got a second life as a contemporary performing arts space.

A cemetery for Slovenian notables also serves as a popular recreation space.

The Slovenian architect designed many landmarks in the capital city, including his own dream house.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

Colorful concentric circles honor a small Croatian town's supposed spot at the nucleus of it all.

Trimmed trees grow alongside the graves like topiary tombstones.

The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.

This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.

Island wonderland for communist autocrats.

This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.

A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.

This abandoned Croatian stronghold never saw a great deal of conflict but it is still a beloved relic nonetheless.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

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

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.