Goght, Armenia
Geghard Monastery
This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.
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Goght, Armenia
This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Sisian, Armenia
Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.
Armenia
The ruins of a medieval monastery built on a perilous slope.
Alaverdi, Armenia
This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
Tbilisi, Georgia
With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Bakı, Azerbaijan
The world's largest KFC restaurant is housed in a historic railway station in Azerbaijan's capital city
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
Požega, Serbia
This open-air, narrow-gauge railway museum pays homage to the region's transportation history.
Košice, Slovakia
Pay your respects to a country that only existed for a few weeks.
Telgárt, Slovakia
A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.
Rjukan, Norway
For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.
São Miguel, Portugal
This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.
Tbilisi, Georgia
This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.
Georgia
Underground monastery and fortress.
Gori, Georgia
A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Tbilisi, Georgia
A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.
Katskhi, Georgia
Small church on top of a huge rock column.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Aigues-Mortes, France
This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.
Rosalie, Dominica
The hike to this stunning waterfall on a black sand beach is not for the faint of heart.