Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

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

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

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

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

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

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

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.