Beirut, Lebanon
The Egg
This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.
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Beirut, Lebanon
This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.
Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Somerset, England
This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Qurnat As Sawda, Lebanon
Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.
Baalbek, Lebanon
The largest hewn stone in history.
Jbeil, Lebanon
A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.
East Somerton, England
A witch wreaks ruinous revenge on this ancient church with her "enchanted leg."
Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina
These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.
Trsteno, Croatia
The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Gargoyle head that brings good luck.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Marrakesh, Morocco
It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.
Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.
Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The place where World War I began.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.