Theth’s story stretches far beyond its newly rising fame among hikers. Tucked deep within the Accursed Mountains of northern Albania, it was once isolated geographically and culturally. For centuries, life here revolved around shepherding and tight-knit extended families, governed by the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini, a unique medieval code of customary law. The best-known relic of this era is the Kulla e Ngujimit, or Lock-In Tower , a stone refuge where men sought shelter during b

The Serbian Orthodox Ostrog Monastery was not a place we stumbled upon by accident—although we could see it from miles away, suspended in a mountain as if gravity were optional. Built in the 17th century and carved directly into a sheer limestone cliff, it clung to the face of Mount Ostrog like a deliberate act of faith. Getting there on our way to Albania required effort, and the road did not ease us in. It coiled upward in tight switchbacks; a ribbon of asphalt pressed aga

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