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In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

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

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

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

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

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

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.

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.

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

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

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

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

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

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