This stone figurine was made more than 6,000 years ago and depicts a female deity of the Neolithic Vinča culture.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

A church made of steel.

A 16th-century mosque rebuilt after wartime devastation.

The only known mosaic depicting the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

Parts of this palace are upheld by merely palm stems or reeds supported by palm tree beams.

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

The site where the leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army was killed is now a memorial.

This elegant monument to those who fought against fascism is inspired by the shape of the poppy flower.

The ceiling of this cavern is dripping with multicolored marble stalactites.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

Christianity and Islam have clashed, yet here a Serbian Orthodox church and a mosque stand together.

Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.

This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

Lions carved into the rockface adorn these two tombs built into the mountains of Dadan.