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

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

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.

This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

The ruins of a medieval monastery built on a perilous slope.

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

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

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

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

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

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

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

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

Underground monastery and fortress.

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

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

Despite being tiny and rural this Georgian airport looks like a sci-fi boondoggle.

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

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

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

The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

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