Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

This medieval monastery represents an architectural blend of eastern and western European culture.

The ridged layers that make up this river canyon represent Earth's geological history.

Sealing couples' love since just after World War I.

This 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery also contained a school for illuminating manuscripts.

This symbol of Yugoslav liberation decorated with 620 carved heads of mythical creatures is now a forlorn relic of another time.

Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.

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

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.

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

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

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

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