This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

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

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

The village's cobblestone streets are lined with shops displaying exquisite copper craftsmanship.

Foreign invaders almost left this lovely Caucasus palace alone—almost.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

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

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

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

Underground monastery and fortress.

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.

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

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

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

A radio telescope for listening to the stars, based in one of the cloudiest countries in the world.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years worth of shipwreck artifacts.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.