Places Umudugudu Wants to Go

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

An arts and culture melting pot inside an old roadside inn from the Ottoman era.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

The abandoned airport is a strangely intact remnant of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

A palace destined to never house a king.

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

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

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

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

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.

A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.

Massive, unfinished broadcasting station stands as a monument to the fall of communism.

Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.