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Adem Jashari's house

Prekaz, Kosovo

Memorial Complex Adem Jashari

The site where the leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army was killed is now a memorial.

Ura e Terzive

Bishtazhin, Kosovo

Ura e Terzive

This 15th-century Ottoman bridge was modified to keep up with the changing course of the river Erenik.

Visoki Dečani Monastery

Deçan, Kosovo

Visoki Dečani Monastery

A monastery considered a state-protected cultural monument of exceptional importance, founded in the 14th century by Serbian King Stefan Dečanski.

Our Lady of Ljeviš

Prizren, Kosovo

Our Lady of Ljeviš

A 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church that was once converted into a mosque under the much-disfavored Ottoman Empire.

Arasta Mosque Minaret

Prizren, Kosovo

Arasta Mosque Minaret

This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

Contrast of religious architecture.

Ferizaj, Kosovo

Church of the Holy Emperor Uroš and Madhe Mosque

Christianity and Islam have clashed, yet here a Serbian Orthodox church and a mosque stand together.

Gadime Cave

Gadime e Poshtme, Kosovo

Gadime Cave

The ceiling of this cavern is dripping with multicolored marble stalactites.

The monument in 2018.

Pristina, Kosovo

Newborn Monument

This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

National Library of Kosovo

Pristina, Kosovo

National Library of Kosovo

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

Church of Christ the Saviour

Pristina, Kosovo

Church of Christ the Saviour

An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.

House of the Blackheads

Riga, Latvia

House of the Blackheads

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

Monument to the Latvian Riflemen

Riga, Latvia

Monument to the Latvian Riflemen

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

Detail on the back of the Remembrance Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation

Riga, Latvia

Remembrance Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

Meteorological station in Residenplatz

Salzburg, Austria

Meteorological Pillar of the 19th Century

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

Chamber of Art and Curiosities.

Innsbruck, Austria

Chamber of Art and Curiosities

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

With its high ceilings, the dining room is pure elegance.

Vienna, Austria

Café Sperl

Royals, rebels, and artists have all conversed at this grand 19th-century Viennese coffee house.

House Attack Bratislava

Bratislava, Slovakia

House Attack Bratislava

We're not in Kansas anymore: the Strabag headquarters has a playful upside-down addition.

Margie’s Candies, on the corner of Western and Armitage since 1921.

Chicago, Illinois

Margie’s Candies

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

Statue of Franz Kafka with headphones for size comparison.

Prague, Czechia

Statue of Franz Kafka

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Art Nouveau Vestibule

Prague, Czechia

Prague Hlavni Nadrazi Vestibule

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

Pilsen Historical Underground

Pilsen, Czechia

Pilsen Historical Underground

Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.

You may want to hold your nose.

Loštice, Czechia

Museum of Olomouc Cheese

This entire museum is dedicated to a single smelly delicacy.

The pavilion viewed from the bridge beside Hietzing station.

Vienna, Austria

Hofpavillon Hietzing

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.

Trying to show the different types of symbolic jets.

Vienna, Austria

Hochstrahlbrunnen

Along the edge of this fountain are 365 smaller fountains that represent the days of the year.

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