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

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

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

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

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

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

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

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

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

Underground monastery and fortress.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

A lively circle of dancers in the Georgian capital commemorates an ancient rite of spring.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

An unusual double-stelae obelisk with ancient and mysterious origins.