Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

The Pope’s secret escape route.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

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

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

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

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

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.