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A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.

Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

In the garden of a Georgia museum, without any explanation, is a monumental head of the Communist icon.

Veryovkina Cave is more than 1.3 miles deep—the deepest known in the world.

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

Hidden up a dusty track off the Georgian Military Road is this fascinating waterfall with mountainous views.

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

The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.

The second largest in the world, this massive underground void has its own subway.

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Underground monastery and fortress.

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