Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

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

This elevator was built in 1907 to connect two neighborhoods separated by a steep, rocky cliff.

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.

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

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

The home-turned-museum of Barış Manço, the mustachioed Turkish Elvis for children.

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

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

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

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

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

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

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

A Byzantine-style concrete artwork pays tribute to a 17th-century saint.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

The final resting place of two unknown soldiers.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

The three biggest silent film stars once shot iconic scenes here.

A lasting remnant of the London Blitz.

A local pineapple cannery once dumped pineapple trimmings off of this pier, with sometimes smelly results.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.