This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

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

An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.

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

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.

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

A historical puzzle lies at the origins of this structure.

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

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

This hilltop fort is a dark holdover from one of Latin America's bloodiest dictatorships.

Housed in a 20th-century prison, this small museum recounts local Nicaraguan myths.

Located in the mountains of Nicaragua, one man has spent most of life beautifying a massive cliff by hand.

One of the last surviving ancient Buddhist sites in the region, it escaped the brunt of several Hun invasions thanks to its remote location.

An otherwise ordinary park with a dark past.

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.