An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A series of waterfalls create the illusion of perpetual rainfall in this hidden gorge.

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

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

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

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

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

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

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

Underground monastery and fortress.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

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

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

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