This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

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

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

This airport also offers travelers the chance to view thousands of years of Turkish history.

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

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

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

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

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

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

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.

Brawny guys rolling around in oil is the oldest regular sporting event besides the Olympics.

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

This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.

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.

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