Gaziantep, Turkey
Abandoned Turkish Bath
This hidden gem is bathed in beautiful natural light.
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Gaziantep, Turkey
This hidden gem is bathed in beautiful natural light.
Örencik, Turkey
This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.
İkizler Köyü, Turkey
An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.
Ocaklı Köyü, Turkey
An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.
Kars, Turkey
Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.
Nicosia, Cyprus
This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.
Myrtou, Cyprus
The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.
Mitsero, Cyprus
Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.
Famagusta, Cyprus
A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.
Tadjourah, Djibouti
Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.
Aksum, Ethiopia
Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.
Wadi Halfa, Sudan
These pillars are one of the few remnants from the mysterious lost empire of Makuria.
Lyon, France
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.
France / Spain
This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.
Asque, France
A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."
Andorra la Vella, Andorra
In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.
Ordino, Andorra
Some of the smallest works of art in existence.
Al-Khums, Libya
Magnificent Roman ruins lie vulnerable to destruction on the edge of the Mediterranean.
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Built by Portuguese colonizers, the palace is now the seat of power for the independent nation.
Albadarr, Gambia
A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.
Mar Lodj, Senegal
This rusting artillery is a relic of Vichy France's influence in West Africa.
Mbour, Senegal
An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.
Rufisque, Senegal
This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.