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

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Annual street carnival celebrating Indonesian heritage.

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

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.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

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

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

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

Imperial palace of Emperor Galerius, the Emperor behind the worst Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

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

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

A monument on the pavement marks the spot where two cultures that shaped Sarajevo come together.

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 fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.