A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

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

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

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

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

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

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

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

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

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.