This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

A mecca for India's Jains.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Underground monastery and fortress.

Be careful not to get trampled at this lively two thousand-year-old market.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.