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Imperial palace of Emperor Galerius, the Emperor behind the worst Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire.

Near Belgrade, an ancient-looking sarcophagus serves as a World War I monument.

Curious carved stones and bird-like wings are a symbol of Serbian resilience and freedom on the site of a WWII massacre.

A Roman monument to their own civil engineering prowess.

In the hinterlands of Serbia's capital, a giant reflective mushroom houses an aeronautical history of the former Yugoslav republic.

A hidden stream deep in the mountains creates one of the largest tufa waterfalls in Serbia.

The bizarre rocks of Đavolja Varoš are the result of natural erosion.

The interior of this Serbian royal family's mausoleum is covered with exquisite mosaics.

Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This replica of a Sarajevo fountain stands at the heart of the world’s largest Bosnian diaspora community.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

This massive 286,200-tile mosaic was the largest mural of its kind in the United States and is an early example of computer-generated art.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.

This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.