A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

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

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

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.