This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

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

The place where World War I began.

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

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.