This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.

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

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

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

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

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

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

The designated Jewish quarter in Fez dates back to the 15th century.

The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.

The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

In this desolate valley resides a gorgeous set of rocks sporting a technicolor design.