Places Edited by Bhob D

A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

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

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

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.