A giant chameleon, with a fascinating purpose.

Scrap material from around Eritrea finds a new life at this outdoor market, where upcycling is a lifestyle.

Wander among hulking piles of rusted machinery left over from the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

Step inside this medieval Orthodox gem and travel back to the 16th century.

This fifth-century church is one of the oldest Christian sites in the Balkans.

An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.

One of the world’s only pink lakes where it's possible to take a dip.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.