Places kathykate Wants to Go

After witnessing the rise and fall of three empires, this ancient city was finally destroyed by a series of earthquakes.

This elegant monument to those who fought against fascism is inspired by the shape of the poppy flower.

See gorgeous frescoes at this modest Byzantine place of worship.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

A historical puzzle lies at the origins of this structure.

Artists made this mosque into a marvel of Ottoman baroque architecture.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

This stone figurine was made more than 6,000 years ago and depicts a female deity of the Neolithic Vinča culture.

The site of a legendary 14th-century battle and a controversial 20th-century speech.

The ceiling of this cavern is dripping with multicolored marble stalactites.

Christianity and Islam have clashed, yet here a Serbian Orthodox church and a mosque stand together.

A monastery considered a state-protected cultural monument of exceptional importance, founded in the 14th century by Serbian King Stefan Dečanski.

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

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

A tiny chapel and burial site lurk underground in Jajce.

A military fort has guarded the surrounding area from this key position since the 13th century.

This striking modernist mosque defies architectural conventions.

This unusual hostel provides a glimpse of life in a city under siege.

This unique museum focuses on the Siege of Sarajevo through children's eyes.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

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

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