Small church on top of a huge rock column.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

Despite being tiny and rural this Georgian airport looks like a sci-fi boondoggle.

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

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

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

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

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

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

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

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.