Over 300 wood sculptures depicting characters from Slavic, Greek and Western folk tales fill this magical garden.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

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

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

The place where World War I began.

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

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

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

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

You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.