The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

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.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

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

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

In the mid-1800s, the British military used this hilltop fort to train soldiers.

This place is the subject of local legends about a good witch and a Celtic God.

Many of the cottages and houses of this tiny village are adorned with a local lord's collection of saintly statues.

This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

This concrete monster of a wreck lies in the mouth of Langstone Harbour as a monument to the incredible history of D-Day.

Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.

The site of the notorious Great Train Robbery of £2.6 million, one of the biggest heists in English history.

Model aircraft soar over 360-degree views of the countryside at the start of England's oldest road.

Before firefighters, villagers relied on this simple hook to save their thatched cottages from a fiery doom.

The tallest building in the Republic of the Congo is a source of pride despite its towering maintenance costs.

A crypt believed by many Congolese to be a center of black magic.

This roadside monument commemorates the huge weapon built by an Ethiopian emperor's hostages.