A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

An homage to the medieval rulers of Bulgaria.

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

This enormous abstract sculpture is part jungle gym, part elaborate noise-making machine.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

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 former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

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

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A manifestation of modernist architectural ideas, this massive, multi-purpose building was one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.