Built as an anti-fascist tribute, this surreal Yugoslav memorial became an unwelcome symbol after the Croatian war for independence.

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

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

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

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

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

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

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

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

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

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.