This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

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

The luxurious circular mansion built for a Communist leader now lies abandoned.

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

The oldest ruins at this castle overlooking Georgia's Terek River Valley date back to the 10th century.

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

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

This medieval fortress is (or was till 2017) the home stadium of the football club FC Duruji Kvareli.

The ruins of a medieval monastery built on a perilous slope.

An unusual double-stelae obelisk with ancient and mysterious origins.

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.

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.

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

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

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

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

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

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.

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

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