This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

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

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

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

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

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

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

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

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

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

The place where World War I began.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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

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

Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.

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

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

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