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The home of Iraq's former prime minister now houses historical manuscripts.

A surreal monument depicting a five-armed giant supporting a toppling cylinder seal.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.

Carefully reconstructed after the Bosnian War, this 16th-century bridge stands as a symbol of the country's enduring multicultural heritage.

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

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.

This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.

A Guinness World Record-holding social enterprise whose shows don't shy away from heavy themes.

A complex of ancient Buddhist rock-cut caves with a large, well preserved prayer hall.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

An abandoned Soviet-era park that, when viewed from the air, looks like a pentagram.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.