A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

A unique Tuscan hideaway acts as an art mecca as well as a hotel.

The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The eerie ruins of this feudal fortress witnessed the execution of 60 conspirators in 1387.

This lesser-known leaning tower is all that remains of the medieval castle of Vernazzano.

Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.

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

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.

It's believed that this small church was connected to the Hagia Sophia via a secret tunnel.

A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.

A small mountain at the crossroads of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria that some believe was the landing point of Noah's Ark.

According to local legends, the shallow sandbar that allows visitors to walk across Orhaniye Bay has a tragic backstory.

This ancient abandoned church in a remote part of Turkey is in danger of falling over.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

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

Natural rock formation, or biblical artifact that saved Earth's wildlife two by two?

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

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

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

These ruins once flourished as the capital of the Lydian kingdom, often credited with the invention of metal coinage.

This mysterious cliffside carving of an ancient Hittite deity has baffled scholars for centuries.