Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

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

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

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

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

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."

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

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

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

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

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

This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.