Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

This beautiful medieval Serbian monastery is home to frescoes, peculiar sculptures, and historical curiosities.

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

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

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.

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

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

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.