A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.

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

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

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

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

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

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

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This hidden gem is bathed in beautiful natural light.

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

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

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

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

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

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