Places mayaturkmen Wants to Go

One of the largest numismatic collections in Europe fell victim to a huge theft.

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

Stand on the rim of a dormant volcano and gaze across a vast ash plain frozen in time.

A small mountain at the crossroads of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria that some believe was the landing point of Noah's Ark.

Fantastic lake on the heart of a fault line.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

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

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.