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

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

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

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

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

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

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

This is an amazing but little known tile mosaic mural that used to grace the lobby of an office building in 1958, but now can only be seen from the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart.