A collection of wax anatomy by the great sculptor Clemente Susini.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

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

This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

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

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

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

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

This enormous abstract sculpture is part jungle gym, part elaborate noise-making machine.

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.

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

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

The place where World War I began.

Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.