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

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

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

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

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.

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

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

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

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

This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

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.

Underground monastery and fortress.

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

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.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

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

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

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

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

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."