A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

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

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

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

According to local legends, the shallow sandbar that allows visitors to walk across Orhaniye Bay has a tragic backstory.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.

A huge museum of much more than just agriculture displayed in a princess's palace.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

The deadliest diving spot in the world is also a stunning geological marvel.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.