An idyllic traditional timber village on a picturesque hill was built for a film.

A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.