Georgia's answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation's great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

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

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

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

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

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

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

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

Underground monastery and fortress.

The writer took refuge in this home in Southern France for the last 17 years of his life.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

A functioning Roman-era aqueduct and bridge in rural southwest France.

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

Small French town or alien garage?

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.