Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.

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

This 15th-century Ottoman bridge was modified to keep up with the changing course of the river Erenik.

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

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

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.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

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.

Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

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

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

The former Field Marshall and Minister of War to the Russian Imperial Army.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.