Places Akusaru Wants to Go

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

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

The second largest in the world, this massive underground void has its own subway.

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.

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

The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

Underground monastery and fortress.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.