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

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

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

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

Decorated with a staggering 1,380 ladybugs, the installation has turned what was once a grim, forgotten nickel mine into a landmark and a statement.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

After witnessing the rise and fall of three empires, this ancient city was finally destroyed by a series of earthquakes.

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

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

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.

See gorgeous frescoes at this modest Byzantine place of worship.

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

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

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.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.