Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

The place where World War I began.

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

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

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.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.