Georgia
Uplistsikhe Cave Town
Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.
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Georgia
Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.
Georgia
Underground monastery and fortress.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.
Tbilisi, Georgia
A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."
Yazd, Iran
The fire inside this temple has burned for more than 1,500 years.
Shooshtar, Iran
This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.
Orost, Iran
Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.
Isfahan, Iran
This 17th-century structure is a beautiful testimony to traditional Persian architecture
Shiraz, Iran
Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.
Meymand, Iran
This 12,000 year old Iranian cave village has been continuously inhabited for over 3,000 years.
Kerman, Iran
The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.
Qeshm, Iran
One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.
Dinant, Belgium
A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.
Genappe, Belgium
A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.
Brussels, Belgium
This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.
Brussels, Belgium
This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.
Gabrovo, Bulgaria
A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.
Shipka, Bulgaria
A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.
Sofia, Bulgaria
"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.