The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

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

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

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

Underground monastery and fortress.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.