These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

A forgotten monument to Yugoslavian freedom.

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