A UNESCO-protected spiritual seat of the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

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

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.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

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.

Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.

The oldest church in Serbia was also the ecclesiastical seat of the region during the Middle Ages.

Imperial palace of Emperor Galerius, the Emperor behind the worst Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

A museum dedicated to the former country.

Near Belgrade, an ancient-looking sarcophagus serves as a World War I monument.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

A 19th-century fortress and collection of artifacts offer a tour of Saudi history.

This giant volcanic crater holds its very own field of salt.

A 900-year-old village located in the highland of the Asir region that features historic architecture.