This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

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Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

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

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

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

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

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

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

The place where World War I began.

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

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

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.