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

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

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

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

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

The place where World War I began.

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

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

This Roman monument is surrounded by more recent construction, offering a stark contrast between ancient architecture and the modern urban landscape.

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

Venice's island of the dead.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.