Belgrade, Serbia
Western City Gate of Belgrade
A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.
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Belgrade, Serbia
A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.
Belgrade, Serbia
A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.
Niš, Serbia
This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.
Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.
Niš, Serbia
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.
Montenegro
A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Skopje, North Macedonia
This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.
Durrës, Albania
The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.
Tirana, Albania
Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.
Tirana, Albania
Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Zagreb, Croatia
This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.
Split, Croatia
The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.
Zagreb, Croatia
This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.
Zadar, Croatia
A musical instrument played by the sea.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Cairo, Egypt
Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.
Cairo, Egypt
In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.