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Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.

An underground wonderland in Iowa.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

One of the most important fortresses along the Danube now lies in ruins.

The medieval fortress of Prince Lazar of Serbia is now an archaeological park.

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

An Art Deco Icarus statue adorns this abandoned gem of Yugoslav Modernist architecture.

Different sections of the Zemun Fortress were built in the 14th and 15th century as a response to the advance of the Ottoman Empire.

A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.

The ruins of this medieval castle on a foggy hill tell the story of a once-mighty empire.

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.

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

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

This medieval fortress guards a monastery near the border of Serbia and Montenegro.

A NATO bombing took the lives of 16 civilians in 1999—the ruins remain in the center of Belgrade.

Considered an architectural abomination by some, this metal-clad building is known as 'little red riding hood' by locals.

Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Serbia.

At this archaeological site, visitors can explore the ruins of the capital of the former Roman province of Moesia.