Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.

A tribute to a man who defied the Nazis until his last breath.

This symbol of Yugoslav liberation decorated with 620 carved heads of mythical creatures is now a forlorn relic of another time.

Curious carved stones and bird-like wings are a symbol of Serbian resilience and freedom on the site of a WWII massacre.

Serbia's master of striking memorials erected a forgotten, hidden gem in the hills outside a tiny village.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

A grand Yugoslav memorial to the group of partisans who fought and died resisting western Serbia’s Nazi occupation.

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

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

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

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.

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

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

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

The place where World War I began.

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

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.