A monument on the pavement marks the spot where two cultures that shaped Sarajevo come together.

A monument completed by a Third Reich sculptor in 1935 in Ankara's central park encourages Turks to "be proud, work hard, and have trust."

A massive relic of the communist era of Berlin.

In the summer of 1957, a massive architectural exhibition showed off the future of urban living in this German neighborhood.

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

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

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

The only Roman honorific column in Istanbul.

This 3,000-year-old “opium black fortress” towers over the ancient town named after it.

This 16th-century covered market is still open everyday.

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

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

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.

An Ottoman-era mosque looking over the Black Sea.

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

Come for the whole sides of slow-roasted lamb, stay for the regional Kurdish specialties.

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

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

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

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

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

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

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.