This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

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

Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres.

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

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

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

A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

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

The place where World War I began.

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

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.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.