Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

A tribute to an iconic act of defiance from the Croatian War of Independence involving a small car.

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

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

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

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

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

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

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.

This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.

A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

One man's love of sea life and art has turned his home into a temple of outsider island art.