This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

This jellyfish provides clean water for an entire Dutch province.

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

Christianity and Islam have clashed, yet here a Serbian Orthodox church and a mosque stand together.

An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.

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

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

The site of a legendary 14th-century battle and a controversial 20th-century speech.

Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.

The site where the leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army was killed is now a memorial.

A 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church that was once converted into a mosque under the much-disfavored Ottoman Empire.

This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

As of 2022, the 124 rooms of Kosovo ski resort remain empty.

A monastery considered a state-protected cultural monument of exceptional importance, founded in the 14th century by Serbian King Stefan Dečanski.

A UNESCO-protected spiritual seat of the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.