Places laurynhanley Wants to Go

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

These natural cliffs look like they are a part of an old castle complex.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

The site of many battles and tragedies, including the 40 maidens who leapt into the sea.

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.

A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

A UNESCO-protected spiritual seat of the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire.

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

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

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

A temple dedicated to the 13th-century Alevi Turkish dervish credited with bringing Islam to the Balkans.

This beautifully preserved Ottoman house is steeped in history.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

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

A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.