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

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

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

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

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

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.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

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.

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

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

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

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

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

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

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.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.