Places janessapk Wants to Go

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

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

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

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

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

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

Underground monastery and fortress.

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.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

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

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.