Places piccolo8va Wants to Go

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

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

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

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

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

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

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

This abandoned Croatian stronghold never saw a great deal of conflict but it is still a beloved relic nonetheless.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

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

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Island wonderland for communist autocrats.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

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