This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

These artifacts were discovered during the construction of the airport, with some dating back to the Neolithic period.

See gorgeous frescoes at this modest Byzantine place of worship.

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

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.

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.

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.

This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

This church was constructed on the site where St. Philip the Apostle preached to the ancient Athenians.

This graffitied 19th-century building was a prototype of European industrial architecture.

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.