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This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

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

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

This ornate mosque is said to hold the remains of Muhammad's granddaughter beneath its dome of pure gold.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

This nightmarish children's plaything was left grotesque to help kids conquer their fear.

A historic chapel filled with colorful murals and a colorful past.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.