A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

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

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

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

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

Believed to be the only Orthodox church in the world that features a free-standing pulpit.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

An arts and culture melting pot inside an old roadside inn from the Ottoman era.

This pink watchtower served as the seat of the Greek government after independence from the Turks.

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

These artifacts were discovered during the construction of the airport, with some dating back to the Neolithic period.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.