Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

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

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

The home-turned-museum of Barış Manço, the mustachioed Turkish Elvis for children.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

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

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

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.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

Balanced on four stone pillars, this historic tower was the site of a tragic political assassination.

This ancient city—home to nine civilizations—is soon to be buried under 200 feet of water.

This ancient abandoned church in a remote part of Turkey is in danger of falling over.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.