A magical oasis in the middle of the Negev Desert.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

Built by a king and rebuilt by an emperor, this aqueduct transported water for 1,200 years to this ancient Mediterranean hub.

The family compound and final resting place for the philosopher, Confucius, and over 100,000 of his descendants.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

This beautifully preserved Ottoman house is steeped in history.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

Artists made this mosque into a marvel of Ottoman baroque architecture.

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

This stone figurine was made more than 6,000 years ago and depicts a female deity of the Neolithic Vinča culture.

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

This "Atomic Egg" appears on the city of Garching's coat of arms.

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.