San Marino, San Marino
Prisoner Art of Guaita Tower
High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.
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San Marino, San Marino
High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.
Milan, Italy
This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Batumi, Georgia
Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.
Tbilisi, Georgia
With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.
Georgia
This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Georgia
A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.
Batumi, Georgia
The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.
Tbilisi, Georgia
A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.
Batumi, Georgia
A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.
Batumi, Georgia
Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.
Georgia
Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.
Yerevan, Armenia
Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.
Yerevan, Armenia
Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.
Yerevan, Armenia
Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.
Yerevan, Armenia
This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.
Lusarat, Armenia
The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Goght, Armenia
This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.
Hamburg, Germany
A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.
Palma, Spain
This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.
Palma, Spain
A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.