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

A square-domed symbol of resilience in the heart of the old Jewish Ghetto.

Rediscovered underground chapel is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in Vienna.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

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.

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

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

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

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

It's believed that this small church was connected to the Hagia Sophia via a secret tunnel.

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

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.

Feast on the freshest of fish by the Bosphorus.

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

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

This large Roman bath complex offers a window into ancient life in the arid Central Anatolian steppe.

The ruins of a Roman temple from 1st Century BC with the only preserved inscription of “The Deeds of the Divine Augustus.”

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

The only Roman honorific column in Istanbul.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.

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