Places aemem Wants to Go

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.

A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.

This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.

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

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

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

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

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

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

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.

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

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

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

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

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

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

Underground monastery and fortress.