Places positivelypossessed Wants to Go

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

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 memorial to local World War II heroes is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

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

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

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.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

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.

Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.

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

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

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

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

This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.