An autonomous community living in the southern Negev desert.

One of only three fountains created by the iconic architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

A geometric jumble of homes.

Hidden out of public view in the National Library of Israel is a collection of "Stalag's," 1960s Nazi themed porno paperbacks written and consumed by Israelis.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

A lively circle of dancers in the Georgian capital commemorates an ancient rite of spring.

A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

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

Hidden up a dusty track off the Georgian Military Road is this fascinating waterfall with mountainous views.

Veryovkina Cave is more than 1.3 miles deep—the deepest known in the world.

Georgia's answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation's great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

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

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

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

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

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

The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

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

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

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.