This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.