Resting place and mausoleum of the founder and first president of Turkey.

Hundreds of medieval Islamic gravestones decorate the mountainous landscape in the largest cemetery in Turkey.

The oldest known standing wooden building in the world is a chamber inside a burial mound.

The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.

A recently-abandoned international exhibition center.

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

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

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

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

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

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.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

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

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

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

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

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

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.