Prague, Czechia
Černy's Buried Soviet Tank
A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.
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Prague, Czechia
A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.
Pristina, Kosovo
A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.
Mitrovica, Kosovo
Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.
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.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Shkodër, Albania
According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.
Zvërnec, Albania
One of 200 religious buildings recognized as a “culture monument.”
Tirana, Albania
A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.
Mauritania
The second largest monolith in the world was once betrayed by its lover, Ben Aicha.
Chinguetti, Mauritania
An architectural relic that survived the hands of time.
Nouakchott, Mauritania
The quaint gallery displays works by artists from all across Mauritania.
Nouakchott, Mauritania
Thousands of colorful pirogues showcase ingenious craftsmanship at the largest fishermen port in Nouakchott.
Ouadane, Mauritania
This remarkably well-preserved mosque stands amid an 11th-century caravansary.
Chinguetti, Mauritania
Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents
Choum, Mauritania
Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.
Saint-Louis, Senegal
A 19th-century architectural masterpiece with ties to Gustave Eiffel.