A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

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

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.