Lisbon, Portugal
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.
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Lisbon, Portugal
One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.
Lisbon, Portugal
This historic cemetery is home to the largest private mausoleum in Europe.
Casablanca, Morocco
An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.
Nafplio, Greece
This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.
Nafplio, Greece
The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.
Ioannina Island, Greece
A lake island of richly decorated monasteries, where a fugitive ruler met his end
Inachori, Greece
A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.
Corfu, Greece
A spectacular Neoclassical palace is home more than 15,000 artifacts and works of art.
Tirana, Albania
A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Montenegro
A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.
Podgorica, Montenegro
Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.
Ulcinj, Montenegro
On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.
Përrenjas, Albania
Decorated with a staggering 1,380 ladybugs, the installation has turned what was once a grim, forgotten nickel mine into a landmark and a statement.
Mitrovica, Kosovo
Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.
Peja, Kosovo
A UNESCO-protected spiritual seat of the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire.
Deçan, Kosovo
A monastery considered a state-protected cultural monument of exceptional importance, founded in the 14th century by Serbian King Stefan Dečanski.
Bishtazhin, Kosovo
This 15th-century Ottoman bridge was modified to keep up with the changing course of the river Erenik.
Prizren, Kosovo
This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.
Prizren, Kosovo
A 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church that was once converted into a mosque under the much-disfavored Ottoman Empire.
Pristina, Kosovo
A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.
Pristina, Kosovo
An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.