Places positivelypossessed Wants to Go

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.

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

A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.

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

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

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

The place where World War I began.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

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.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.