Trimmed trees grow alongside the graves like topiary tombstones.

Colorful concentric circles honor a small Croatian town's supposed spot at the nucleus of it all.

This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.

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.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.

A fortress built to pacify local uprising that had a stint as a Nazi concentration camp before becoming a five-star hotel.

This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Pripyat after the Chernobyl disaster.

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

The largest catacomb system in the world.

Many generations ago, it was said that one could find celestial splendor in a lush meadow not far from this very marker according to the lore of the fictional world Kcymaerxthaere.

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.