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Few of Norway's original wooden towns exist. Fires, urban renewal, indifferent owners have reduced many to dereliction.

Set in the landlocked mountains north of Jotunheimen, Vågå Old Church represents a singular case among the renowned stave- or timber-framed churches of Norway.

A structure erected for pure fortification has evolved into a valuable historic aesthetic element in Vilnius.

The most important town in Kosovo, Prizren became the regional seat of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans in 1360, when Sultan Murad I extended the empire into Europe.

With its vast architectural remains, abundant wildlife, and idyllic location, the ancient port of Mtwapa is one of the most important sites on Kenya's Swahili Coast.

Since 1989, important finds have been made in the southeastern area of Inner Mongolia, once home to the Hong Shan - a Bronze Age prairie culture, and later the first site of the Liao culture.

Situated at the intersection of three major streets in Sarajevo, the City Hall is a monument to the multiculturalism of Bosnia.

Overlooking the village of Hasbaya in south Lebanon, the Chehabi Citadel occupied a strategic location for the armies of the First Crusade, believed to have built its fortifications in the 11th century.

Tyre, situated approximately 50 miles south of Beirut, was founded by Phoenician settlers in the third millennium BC.

The whimsical appearance of i trulli with their domed or conical roofs have attracted the attention of architects and tourists for centuries.

Along a narrow valley in the Picentini Mountains, the flowing water of the Tusiano River gradually excavated a deep natural cavern on the western slopes of Monte Raione.

Shibam presents itself as a city of mud brick skyscrapers. The agglomeration of 1,600-year-old structures, some eight stories, was a familiar site for travelers on the frankincense caravan route.