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

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.

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 architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

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.

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

Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.

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

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.

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

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.

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

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

A museum of Czech puppetry and wine in an allegedly haunted 14th-century stone house.

The oldest building in Hargeisa survived the 1988 bombings that destroyed some 70 percent of the city.