Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

Balanced on four stone pillars, this historic tower was the site of a tragic political assassination.

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

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

This airport also offers travelers the chance to view thousands of years of Turkish history.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

A small mountain at the crossroads of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria that some believe was the landing point of Noah's Ark.

According to local legends, the shallow sandbar that allows visitors to walk across Orhaniye Bay has a tragic backstory.

This ancient abandoned church in a remote part of Turkey is in danger of falling over.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

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

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

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

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

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