This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

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

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Decorated with a staggering 1,380 ladybugs, the installation has turned what was once a grim, forgotten nickel mine into a landmark and a statement.

Here lies a legend of three sisters, all in love with the same mariner.

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.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

This enormous abstract sculpture is part jungle gym, part elaborate noise-making machine.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

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.

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

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

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

A monument on the pavement marks the spot where two cultures that shaped Sarajevo come together.

The place where World War I began.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

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