Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

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

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

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

This narrow fjord-like bay is the largest ria in the Mediterranean Sea.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Over 300 wood sculptures depicting characters from Slavic, Greek and Western folk tales fill this magical garden.

The longest trolleybus route in the world, from Simferopol and Yalta.

This magnificent Crimean estate was once a playground of the Russian elite.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

The site of many battles and tragedies, including the 40 maidens who leapt into the sea.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.