George Town, Malaysia
Pinang Peranakan Mansion
The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.
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George Town, Malaysia
The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cartoon clouds and nature-inspired murals have transformed the streets of Kuala Lumpur.
Istanbul, Turkey
Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.
Selçuk, Turkey
This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.
Selçuk, Turkey
Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.
Kaymaklı Belediyesi, Turkey
While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.
Derinkuyu, Turkey
The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Batumi, Georgia
Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.
Tbilisi, Georgia
When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.
Tbilisi, Georgia
At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.
Georgia
A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.
Kumistavi, Georgia
This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Batumi, Georgia
The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.
Yeghegnadzor, Armenia
Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.
Yerevan, Armenia
This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.
Sevan, Armenia
This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.
Tatev, Armenia
Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Lusarat, Armenia
The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.
Isfahan, Iran
The cathedral stands in New Jufa, Isfahan's Armenian quarter that was established in 1606.
Iran
This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.