This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

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

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

A dad joke was inevitable when a member of this 19th-century chocolatier family married the president of France.

This unassuming sculpture depicts grandfather of science fiction Jules Verne and his brother as children.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

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

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

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

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

Statues of two of Srem's most well-known animals.

Belgrade’s oldest restaurant has a rather unusual name.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

A towering spire in the fortress of Kalemegdan honors the victorious armies of Serbia during their struggles against the Ottoman Empire.

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

One of Serbia's oldest luxury hotels and a nostalgic echo to Yugoslavia in the state's former capital.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.