Zagreb, Croatia
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This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.
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Zagreb, Croatia
This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.
Novo Selo Palanječko, Croatia
A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.
Ston, Croatia
Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.
Jasenovac, Croatia
Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.
Brištane, Croatia
This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Gargoyle head that brings good luck.
Malička, Croatia
This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'
Jablanac, Croatia
The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.
Duzluk, Croatia
Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.
Željava, Croatia
Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.
Šibenik, Croatia
Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.
Podgarić, Croatia
This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Bezidu Nou, Romania
This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.
Bucharest, Romania
One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.
Ozd, Romania
Home of the first female Hungarian poet, where her secret writing lay hidden for over a century.
Sighișoara, Romania
This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.
Comuna Arefu, Romania
The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.
Sighișoara, Romania
Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.
Frâncești, Romania
A Romanian church built from one single oak.
Bucharest, Romania
Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.