While most shipwrecks are submerged, this ship in Cyprus ran ashore.

These ruins disappear beneath the waves every winter.

The site of a prison camp where Cypriot resistance fighters were held in the 1950s.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

A forgotten monument to Yugoslavian freedom.

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

A strategically positioned fortress that protected the Fazana channel has found new life as a place for theater.

Picturesque basketball courts sheltered by historical defensive walls and with an enviable sea view.

This ancient Roman aqueduct once funneled water to Diocletian's palace.

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

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

This fountain has a growing (animal) population, and might also be growing in size.

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

A unique two-level bridge designed to honor a king.

Trimmed trees grow alongside the graves like topiary tombstones.

This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.

This military tunnel dates back to World War II and provides visitors with a little wartime adrenaline.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.