kirstybennetts's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

kirstybennetts

A full-time traveller with a passion for off the beaten path destinations and unusual things to see and do in better-known places. I love street art, Soviet-era mosaics and bus stops, abandoned places and concrete, Asian food and gin! Areas I spend most of my travel time: Asia, the Far East, and the New East (Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltic states, and Central Asia).

https://www.kathmanduandbeyond.com/

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Places visited in Cambodia

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Places visited in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Places visited in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

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Places visited in Krong Battambang, Cambodia

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Places visited in Tianshui, China

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Places visited in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Bobsleigh Track

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

Hannah Frishberg

Added by Hannah Frishberg

Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

SkareMedia

Added by SkareMedia

Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina

ARK D-0: Tito's Nuclear Bunker

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

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Studenci, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kravice Waterfalls

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

Added by dilemilys

Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tjentiste War Memorial

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

sbitters

Added by sbitters

Novo Selo Palanječko, Croatia

Monument to the Detachment in Brezovica Forest

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

Darmon Richter

Added by Darmon Richter

Kupari, Croatia

The Abandoned Hotels of Kupari

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

Added by myklbrown

Jasenovac, Croatia

Stone Flower

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

dusanmil89

Added by dusanmil89

Zagreb, Croatia

Villa Rebar

This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.

leiris

Added by leiris

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrovnik Maskeron

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Zagreb, Croatia

Brestovac Sanatorium

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

leiris

Added by leiris

Malička, Croatia

Petrova Gora

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

Dylan

Podgarić, Croatia

Podgaric Monument

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

serflac

Added by serflac

Sea Organ

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Dylan

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Old Sarajevo Clock Tower

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

aaronaustinglen

Added by aaronaustinglen

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Spite House

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

ben4

Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic Bridge

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

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mostar Sniper Tower

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

Added by Savager

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

The place where World War I began.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bascarsija

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Stari Most

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Brussels, Belgium

Manneken Pis

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Brussels, Belgium

Zinneke Pis

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

cmzalenski

Added by cmzalenski

Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Dylan