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

This fortress was built using the last surviving stones from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

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

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

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

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

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

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

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

An iconic view point of the Sea of Galilee offers a look into Israel's past.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.