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

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

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

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

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

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

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

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

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

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

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

Half of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's ashes were buried in Armenia.

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

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

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

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

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

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

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

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

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.

Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.