This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

Crammed inside this grounded passenger plane is a bar that was once a Communist hang out and is now a ratty relic.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

A towering spire in the fortress of Kalemegdan honors the victorious armies of Serbia during their struggles against the Ottoman Empire.

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

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

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

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

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

The place where World War I began.