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

A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

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

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

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

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

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

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

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

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

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

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

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.