An electrical pylon under whose legs a normal gauge train can run.

This concrete church spent a period of its history as a World War II bunker.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

Feast on the freshest of fish by the Bosphorus.

The only Roman honorific column in Istanbul.

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.

This elevator was built in 1907 to connect two neighborhoods separated by a steep, rocky cliff.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.