The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.

Scores of wax baby figurines add an unusual mood to this beautiful church on the Greek coast.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

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

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

This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

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

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.

This church is dedicated to the patron saint of seafarers.

A somber memorial at the site where hundreds of prisoners and civilians were executed in the aftermath of World War II.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.