Places Akusaru Wants to Go

The observation point offers spectacular views of the ruins of an ancient Armenian capital.

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

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

Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.

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

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

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

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.

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

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

A museum dedicated to traditional Armenian clothing and their designer.

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

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

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

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

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

This medieval fortress is (or was till 2017) the home stadium of the football club FC Duruji Kvareli.

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

A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

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

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

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