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.

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

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

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

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Men and special assistants stand by the road to sell the day's catch in this lakeside village.

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

Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.

Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.

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

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

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

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

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.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

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

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.