Places Oops3ggs Wants to Go

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

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.

This abandoned ship has remained in place since it ran aground in 1998.

This sea stack in Cyprus is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite.

Legend holds that the Ancient Greek goddess of love once bathed in the waters of this grotto.

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

This 470-meter-long dripstone cave was discovered by chance in 2006.

These ancient ruins include a stadium dating back to 400 BC.

A former salt mine is now a cool picnic spot for families and asthmatics.

This Ottoman bridge is a rare covered bridge with shops, and considers itself the only bazaar bridge in the world.

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

Natural rock formation, or biblical artifact that saved Earth's wildlife two by two?

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

This mysterious cliffside carving of an ancient Hittite deity has baffled scholars for centuries.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

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

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

Fantastic lake on the heart of a fault line.

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