Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

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.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

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

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

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

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

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

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

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

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

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

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

This hidden gem is bathed in beautiful natural light.

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

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

This ancient subterranean megalopolis is known for the hot oil traps that were installed above each of its entrances.

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

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

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

A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

The ancient abodes are a testament to human ingenuity amid harsh climates.

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