Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bascarsija
Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.
Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Pristina, Kosovo
This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.
Pristina, Kosovo
A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.
Pristina, Kosovo
A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
Raičevići, Montenegro
A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.
Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.
Montenegro
A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.
Kampung Lupak Luas, Brunei
Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."
Malacca, Malaysia
Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.
Batu Caves, Malaysia
Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.
Vientiane, Laos
When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Khmer Rouge's high security prison.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.
Ratanak Mondul, Cambodia
A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Warsaw, Poland
A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.
Warsaw, Poland
Legend says this is actually a heartbroken prince waiting for his true love's kiss.