Legend holds that the Ancient Greek goddess of love once bathed in the waters of this grotto.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

Split's smallest church, and one of its oldest, has been reconstructed inside the city's Roman walls.

This deserted town in the hills of Croatia’s "party island" may have a scandalous connection to King Henry VIII.

This narrow fjord-like bay is the largest ria in the Mediterranean Sea.

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.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

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

Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.

This World War II bunker is now a shrine covered with sea shells.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

A stunning Art Nouveau cinema in the heart of Budapest.

The ruins of an early 1900s neo-Baroque mansion sit nestled in a local park in the Hungarian plains.