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

Τhis feline monument commemorates fallen soldiers on a field that saw many, many battles.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

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.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

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

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

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

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

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

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

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

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.