Places stenaavel Wants to Go

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres.

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.

A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.

This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

An unusual museum home to a vast collection of items that represent everyday life.

The country estate of renowned Ukrainian-born artist Ilya Repin.

Though it was heavily modified, fragments of the original medieval cathedral still survive.

The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.