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

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.