Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

The largest art park on the European continent.

A curated museum of wooden sculptures inhabits this Russian home.

A Russian museum dedicated to the household staple, the samovar.

A tea party concludes each visit to this Russian spice cookie sanctum.

This cypress grove is a unique site considering these trees are not native to the region.

One of the most popular attractions in the small resort town of Kabardinka.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

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

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

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

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

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

Unique Armenian monastery from the 13th century, reclaimed by nature but still welcoming visitors.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

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

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.