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

The modest grave of Dušan Vasiljev in Kikinda's historic Melino Cemetery marks the resting place of one of Serbia's most important expressionist poets.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

A small museum built by a family that survived the Siege of Sarajevo.

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

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

Thermal lake of unbelievable color that looks like a drop of paint.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

A blufftop prairie and limestone cliff with 30-mile views across two great rivers and prime bald eagle territory.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

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

A tiny chapel and burial site lurk underground in Jajce.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

Collection of over 1,000 rare and vintage bicycles.

A unique 3-D sculpture based on Rene Magritte’s “The Red Model.”