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Step inside this medieval Orthodox gem and travel back to the 16th century.

A limestone cave filled with impressive formations in Mole Creek Karst National Park.

This fifth-century church is one of the oldest Christian sites in the Balkans.

This delicious Bosnian barbecue restaurant celebrates the diverse cuisine of Slovenia.

Housed in a historic 1840 home, this museum provides a window into the lives of everyday, 18th- and 19th-century Bulgarians.

This trio of reliefs—an ear, a mouth, and a pair of eyes—carved into the walls of flooded quarries is a monument to spying.

A scale model of our Solar System, where physical representations of the Sun and planets have been placed along a route in the local park.

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.

These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.

This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.

A ghost town on the slopes of a hand-shaped rock is haunted by the story of a 17th-century murder.

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.

This 40-meter waterfall of light graces one of the most iconic stations in the Madrid metro network.

Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This bronze boy sits on one of Capri's rocky cliffs, waving at the passing boats.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.