Places pleiades Wants to Go

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

The beautifully tiled, hidden resting place of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s wet nurse, tucked away behind a bustling railway track.

A natural bridge formed by limestone travertines in Armenia's Vorotan River Canyon.

This often-missed monastery, set in a scenic mountain landscape, features unique frescoes, fortifications and legends.

Hundreds of intricately carved Armenian stone crosses can be found within this huge cemetery.

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

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

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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