Riomaggiore, Italy
Via dell’Amore
A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.
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Riomaggiore, Italy
A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
Genoa, Italy
Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.
Genoa, Italy
Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.
Genoa, Italy
This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.
Milan, Italy
Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.
Valencia, Spain
This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.
Valencia, Spain
This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.
Siyazan, Azerbaijan
Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.
Baku, Azerbaijan
The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.
Georgia
Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.
Georgia
A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.
Georgia
This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.
Tbilisi, Georgia
This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.
Tbilisi, Georgia
With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.
Tbilisi, Georgia
A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.
Yerevan, Armenia
Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.
Yerevan, Armenia
This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.
Sevan, Armenia
This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.
Portland, Oregon
The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.