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

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

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

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

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

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

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.

Winston Churchill painted this lake during his stay Woolsack Castle in the Landes forest.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

This stone memorial commemorates a group of French patriots slain by French fascists.

Before this bridge was built people had to wait for the ferryman, an annoyance that, the story has it, gave the town its name.

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

When the imprisoned pope's remains were finally returned to the Vatican, his heart stayed behind in France.