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

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

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.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.