This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

Obscene versions of this artist's work are the most popular.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

Before building her own tombstone, an untrained artist created a concrete menagerie in her garden.

The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.