The only known mosaic depicting the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.

This memorial to local World War II heroes is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.

Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.

This unusual hostel provides a glimpse of life in a city under siege.

A monument on the pavement marks the spot where two cultures that shaped Sarajevo come together.

A 16th-century mosque rebuilt after wartime devastation.

Two bulls enter. One leaves a champion—but neither loses its life.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.

This enormous abstract sculpture is part jungle gym, part elaborate noise-making machine.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

A wellspring of natural Viagra found in Bosnia.

Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.

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.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

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