Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.