Places katehawes Wants to Go

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.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

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

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

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

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

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

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

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

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

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

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

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

An abandoned cable car station located on the Danube stands like a haunted house above the river.

A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.

The only natural cave bath in all of Europe.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.