Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

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

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

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

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

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Underground monastery and fortress.

18m long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.