A 16th-century mosque rebuilt after wartime devastation.

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A monument on the pavement marks the spot where two cultures that shaped Sarajevo come together.

This enormous abstract sculpture is part jungle gym, part elaborate noise-making machine.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

The place where World War I began.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

The site where the Emperor of Korea performed the long-forbidden "rite of heaven" to demonstrate his absolute sovereignty.

An arts and culture complex that was once a derelict American military installation in the civilian control zone of the DMZ.

A large visitor's complex and place of remembrance on the outskirts of the DMZ.

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

The burial ground of two kings and a queen is now a calm city park in the middle of bustling Seoul.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.