Places slecnave Wants to Go

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

Christianity and Islam have clashed, yet here a Serbian Orthodox church and a mosque stand together.

A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

This narrow fjord-like bay is the largest ria in the Mediterranean Sea.

This modern, multimedia museum takes visitors on an evolutionary journey back in time.

Inside this small chapel tucked away in the forest is one of the most well-preserved Danse Macabre frescos.

This 15th-century church houses priceless works of art from a range of Croatian artists.

Inside this mansion turned museum, the works of prominent Croatian artists are on full display.

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.

Island wonderland for communist autocrats.

A forgotten monument to Yugoslavian freedom.

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.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

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

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.