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.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

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

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

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

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

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

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

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

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

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

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

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.