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One of 200 religious buildings recognized as a “culture monument.” 

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

Climb into Albania's communist history while enjoying a spectacular ocean view.

This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.

This remote church calls a tiny island its sanctuary.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

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

The only known mosaic depicting the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.

This 15th-century Ottoman bridge was modified to keep up with the changing course of the river Erenik.

As of 2022, the 124 rooms of Kosovo ski resort remain empty.

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.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

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

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

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.

One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

A statue of Paulina Hermann, the eccentric noblewoman known as the "mother of cats."

A small self-proclaimed micro-state located on a piece of disputed territory between Croatia and Serbia, near Liberland.