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On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

This enormous abstract sculpture is part jungle gym, part elaborate noise-making machine.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

The place where World War I began.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.