This modern tandoor eatery was once a canteen for Soviet farmers.

Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.

Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

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

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.

Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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