A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.

A giant coin serves as a very unusual yet creative monument commemorating one of the most important people in the history of Trieste.

Arguably Belgrade's only example of pure Art Deco architecture.

A retro Yugoslav congress, cultural, and business hall built in the 1970s, with an iconic world clock.

Two buildings named after their windows that make it look like a sea of television sets plastered to a wall.

This small bronze pyramid marks the center of Belgrade, but some say it is a Masonic symbol.

The unusual sculptures are believed to be powerful political symbols.

This striking, historic hotel has major Wes Anderson movie energy.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

This feat of Brutalist architecture is also known as the Three Sisters.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

A tragic legacy of the attempt to beautify Skopje and line the pockets of corrupt politicians

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.