Places laurynhanley Wants to Go

Serbia's master of striking memorials erected a forgotten, hidden gem in the hills outside a tiny village.

A grand Yugoslav memorial to the group of partisans who fought and died resisting western Serbia’s Nazi occupation.

Despite being pillaged and destroyed a number over times down the centuries, this historic church still sort of stands.

Through the colossal entrance to this cave you'll find limestone tubs and an underground waterfall.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.

A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.

The ruins of this medieval castle on a foggy hill tell the story of a once-mighty empire.

The bizarre rocks of Đavolja Varoš are the result of natural erosion.

The interior of this Serbian royal family's mausoleum is covered with exquisite mosaics.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

A tiny chapel and burial site lurk underground in Jajce.

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.

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.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

A forgotten monument to Yugoslavian freedom.

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

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

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

Trimmed trees grow alongside the graves like topiary tombstones.

This modern, multimedia museum takes visitors on an evolutionary journey back in time.

A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.