After this medieval Serbian fresco was hidden for centuries, an image of it became one of the first to be sent into space.

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

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

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

An idyllic traditional timber village on a picturesque hill was built for a film.

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

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

The place where World War I began.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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

Scores of wax baby figurines add an unusual mood to this beautiful church on the Greek coast.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.