This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

This gilded emblem was once stolen by a Cookie Monster impostor, who demanded a charitable ransom for its return.

Blending modern art with Baroque architecture, this wondrous mosaic grotto serves as the late artist's final creation.

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

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

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

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

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

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

A series of metal trumpets in the heart of Ruma represents the seven Vojvodina People's Liberation Brigades.

Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.

Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

This statue points to another unusual companion work of art often overlooked by visitors.

The site is dedicated to an investigative journalist whose murder triggered a political uproar that changed Slovakia forever.

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

Is this a portal to another side of the cosmos?