Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

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

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

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

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

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

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

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

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.

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

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

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

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Underground monastery and fortress.

Hidden 2600-year-old Urartian tomb is located in close proximity to a busy shopping mall.

An observatory with a 54-meter-wide radio telescope sits in the mountains of Armenia.