The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Georgia's answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation's great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

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

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

Underground monastery and fortress.

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

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 massive collection of petroglyphs dating back some 40,000 years.

Hundreds of small crosses have been carved into the bark of the trees outside this small Estonian village.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

This controversial monument was designed to lionize the Red Army, but also disheartened the Latvian people.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

The first designer power line in Estonia.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.