This museum holds the most comprehensive collection of Armenian art in the world.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

These ruins of a Soviet children's railway station have a haunted atmosphere.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

A somber place of memory and reflection, that tells the story of Riga's Jewish community before and during World War II.

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

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

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

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

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

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

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

Abandoned museum from the last days of Soviet domination, with a unique Brutalist design.

This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.

A lively circle of dancers in the Georgian capital commemorates an ancient rite of spring.

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

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

The oldest sanctuary in the Sammarinese Republic.

This impressive mural adorns the wall of this 17th-century hotel and honors the literary icon.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

The last remaining example of a painted house from the medieval period in Nice.