This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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

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

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

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

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.

The place where World War I began.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

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

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

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

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

This abandoned ship has remained in place since it ran aground in 1998.

The ruins of a fifth-century church dedicated to Our Lady of the Harbor.

Legend holds that St. Paul was flogged for preaching Christianity at this pillar.