Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight.

One of the earliest Ataturk monuments commemorates the victory of the Turkish War of Independence.

A prison-turned-museum sheds light on modern Turkish history.

The ruins of a Roman temple from 1st Century BC with the only preserved inscription of “The Deeds of the Divine Augustus.”

This 13th-century UNESCO-listed "lion's house" mosque is named after a repurposed lion sculpture.

A former salt mine is now a cool picnic spot for families and asthmatics.

Resting place and mausoleum of the founder and first president of Turkey.

This large Roman bath complex offers a window into ancient life in the arid Central Anatolian steppe.

The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.

A massive marble pedestal is all that remains of a column that towered over Constantinople for 1300 years.

This Ottoman bridge is a rare covered bridge with shops, and considers itself the only bazaar bridge in the world.

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

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

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

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

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

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

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

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

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

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

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

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