A historical puzzle lies at the origins of this structure.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

Artists made this mosque into a marvel of Ottoman baroque architecture.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

Water gushes from the trunk of this miraculous mulberry tree about once a year.

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A tiny chapel and burial site lurk underground in Jajce.

A monument on the pavement marks the spot where two cultures that shaped Sarajevo come together.

This unique museum focuses on the Siege of Sarajevo through children's eyes.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

Two bulls enter. One leaves a champion—but neither loses its life.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.