A British Commonwealth cemetery in the heart of Milan, with 421 allied soldiers died during World War II.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

The house where Harlequin was born.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

A cone-shaped top and cylindrical body set this 900-year-old structure apart from other Italian bell towers.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

This small Slovenian town has become a magnet for microbreweries.

The medieval "dragon" on an Austrian city's coat-of-arms comes to life in a fountain.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

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

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

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

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

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

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."