Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

This historic castle was already in ruins by the 13th century.

Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

These carved, weathered stones once gave mail carriers and pub goers a leg up.

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

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

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

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.

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

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

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

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

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

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

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.