Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Every summer, an open-air swimming pool appears at the base of a Finnish city's beloved winter attraction.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

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

Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.

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.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

One of only two towns in Israel populated by Circassians, a sect of Sunni Muslims who are also devoted to Israeli military service.

This archaeological site was the center of the extinct Yarmukian culture which developed the first roads and pottery in Israel.