The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

These otherworldly formations were shaped over millions of years by the forces of nature.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A beautiful 19th-century Armenian mansion is preserved above an unassuming cafe.

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.

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

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.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

Fantastic lake on the heart of a fault line.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

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

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.