Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

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

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

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

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

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

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.