This engraved safety pin has possible links to the haberdasheries located in this humble square

A home for Spain's version of the Tooth Fairy, hidden in an old gas company register.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

One of Madrid's most beloved statues is of an anonymous citizen.

Most visits to the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid ignore the eeriest part of the building, its crypt

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 tragic legacy of the attempt to beautify Skopje and line the pockets of corrupt politicians

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

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

Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.

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

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

A 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church that was once converted into a mosque under the much-disfavored Ottoman Empire.

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

A UNESCO-protected spiritual seat of the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire.

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

In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand spent his final night alive at this luxurious hotel.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.