A musical instrument played by the sea.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.

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

Two bulls enter. One leaves a champion—but neither loses its life.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

This enormous abstract sculpture is part jungle gym, part elaborate noise-making machine.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

A monument on the pavement marks the spot where two cultures that shaped Sarajevo come together.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

The place where World War I began.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.