Places susangratto Wants to Go

A well said to have belonged to Paul the Apostle and part of UNESCO Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey.

A rare group of seven-century-old mummies preserved in astonishing detail.

A monument to the Turkish librarian who delivered books on the back of a donkey.

This 470-meter-long dripstone cave was discovered by chance in 2006.

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

This giant work of Cappadocian pottery includes a memorial for the artisan who created it.

Stand on the rim of a dormant volcano and gaze across a vast ash plain frozen in time.

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

A former salt mine is now a cool picnic spot for families and asthmatics.

A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.

Brawny guys rolling around in oil is the oldest regular sporting event besides the Olympics.

A beautiful 19th-century Armenian mansion is preserved above an unassuming cafe.

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

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

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.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

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

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

These ruins once flourished as the capital of the Lydian kingdom, often credited with the invention of metal coinage.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

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

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.