Places positivelypossessed Wants to Go

Sealing couples' love since just after World War I.

Beautifully carved tombstones fill this unmarked graveyard, uniquely situated near the village's famous stone wine cellars.

An eerie, protected forest of old-growth oak trees, many of which are now dead.

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

For over 40 years, this quaint little house has teetered on a rock in the middle of a river.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

The site of many battles and tragedies, including the 40 maidens who leapt into the sea.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

Scores of wax baby figurines add an unusual mood to this beautiful church on the Greek coast.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.