Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

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

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

This small Slovenian town has become a magnet for microbreweries.

A wonderful museum dedicated to the local straw hat industry.

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

In between two buildings in Ljubljana, medieval tunnel to nowhere.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

This Slovenian museum houses the country's largest collection of painted beehive panels.

Nibble as you learn about Slovenia's longstanding tradition of making beautiful honey cookies.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

These ruins once flourished as the capital of the Lydian kingdom, often credited with the invention of metal coinage.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

This elevator was built in 1907 to connect two neighborhoods separated by a steep, rocky cliff.