The Bad Place: Slime & Foreboding at the Grmeč Spomenpark in Bosnia
The abandoned Yugoslav monument where toads go to die.
Spomenik
Myth & Memory in the Balkans: The ‘Spomeniks’ of Former Yugoslavia
A month-long monument hunt, and what I learned along the way.
Nikšić House of Revolution: Death & Rebirth in the Ruins of Yugoslavia
A visit to the abandoned Nikšić House of Revolution.
A Field of Blackbirds: Dark Tourism in Kosovo’s Former Conflict Zones
Visiting battlefields, monuments & political flashpoints, 15 years after the end of the Kosovo War.
The Ilinden Spomenik: Macedonia’s Space-Age Monument to Freedom
Exploring the history & symbology of the Ilinden Spomenik in Krusevo, Macedonia.