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

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

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

A shrine in Karachi is home to around 100 crocodiles that are regarded as sacred.

The bulletproof cross stands at the only operational Christian cemetery in Pakistan's most populated city.

This grand Pakistani mausoleum can only be accessed via an almost 1,000 foot long alleyway.

A perfectly restored 17th-century hammam in the heart of Lahore.

A 17th-century mosque that was used for war more than worship.