Berlin, Germany
Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials
Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.
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Berlin, Germany
Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Berlin, Germany
From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.
Berlin, Germany
Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.
Naxos, Greece
This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.
Delos, Greece
Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Athens, Greece
Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.
Athens, Greece
Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.
Athens, Greece
Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.
Shipka, Bulgaria
The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.
Shipka, Bulgaria
A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.
Sofia, Bulgaria
A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.
Belogradchik, Bulgaria
Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.
Pristina, Kosovo
An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.
Pristina, Kosovo
This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.
Pristina, Kosovo
A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
Petrovaradin, Serbia
Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.
Niš, Serbia
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Belgrade, Serbia
This small bronze pyramid marks the center of Belgrade, but some say it is a Masonic symbol.