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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

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

Underground monastery and fortress.

A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.