The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

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

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

A well-worshipped shrine to the Virgin Mary nestled inside the last of Zagreb’s historic gates.

A house that transports visitors back to Yugoslavia.

A peculiar museum that includes many drunken tales, a drunk driving simulator, and much more.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

This ancient Roman aqueduct once funneled water to Diocletian's palace.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

Split's smallest church, and one of its oldest, has been reconstructed inside the city's Roman walls.

A memorial dedicated to the 29,000 Istrian freedom fighters of World War II.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.

The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.

In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

This Roman monument is surrounded by more recent construction, offering a stark contrast between ancient architecture and the modern urban landscape.