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

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

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

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

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

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Once the largest rope factory in Greece, this abandoned plant now stands like a ghost of industry past.

This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

Decorated with a staggering 1,380 ladybugs, the installation has turned what was once a grim, forgotten nickel mine into a landmark and a statement.

A scenic UNESCO site that doubles as a habitat for various forms of wildlife.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

Construction of this bridge was once described as an "act of violence" against a neighboring country.

This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.