A towering spire in the fortress of Kalemegdan honors the victorious armies of Serbia during their struggles against the Ottoman Empire.

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

A museum dedicated to the former country.

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

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

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

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

This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.

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

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

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

The place where World War I began.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

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

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

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

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

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

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

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

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

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