This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Witness traditional silk production in the Uzbek city that's been a hub of sericulture for over a thousand years.

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

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

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

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

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.

Men and special assistants stand by the road to sell the day's catch in this lakeside village.

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

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

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

A tiny museum dedicated exclusively to the tiny art that decorates matchboxes.

This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.

Hidden up a dusty track off the Georgian Military Road is this fascinating waterfall with mountainous views.

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

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

This elevator was built in 1907 to connect two neighborhoods separated by a steep, rocky cliff.

A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.

Balanced on four stone pillars, this historic tower was the site of a tragic political assassination.