This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Atop a small Armenian hilltop adorned with many forms, and carvings, these stones tell a whimsical tale from a fictional world.

Armenia's premier center of astrophysical research was established during the Soviet era.

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

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

The observation point offers spectacular views of the ruins of an ancient Armenian capital.

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

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

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

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

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.

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

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.