Heraklion, Greece
Knossos
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
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Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
Maribor, Slovenia
The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Zaandam, Netherlands
Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.
Soest, Netherlands
This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.
Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands
This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.
Loenen, Netherlands
The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.
Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.
Guatemala
Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.
Trinidad, Cuba
This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.
Sparta, Greece
The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.
Laconia, Greece
This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.
Gjirokaster, Albania
This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Tirana, Albania
Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.
Përmet District, Albania
A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.
Sarandë District, Albania
A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.
Ketenovo, North Macedonia
Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.
North Macedonia
This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.
Pristina, Kosovo
This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.
Montenegro
A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.