Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

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

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

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

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

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

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.