Salzburg, Austria
Mozart's Skull
Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.
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Salzburg, Austria
Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.
Salzburg, Austria
Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.
Salzburg, Austria
This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.
Salzburg, Austria
Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.
Salzburg, Austria
These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.
Salzburg, Austria
The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.
Salzburg, Austria
The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.
Klagenfurt, Austria
The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.
Klagenfurt, Austria
The medieval "dragon" on an Austrian city's coat-of-arms comes to life in a fountain.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.
Skopje, North Macedonia
A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.
Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.
Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A 16th-century mosque rebuilt after wartime devastation.
Škaljari, Montenegro
This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.
Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.
Podgorica, Montenegro
Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.
Dinoša, Montenegro
Water gushes from the trunk of this miraculous mulberry tree about once a year.
Theth, Albania
Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.
Tomba, Montenegro
One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.
Livadia, Greece
This sanctuary became synonymous with fear and terror in the ancient world.
Beli plast, Bulgaria
In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.