Places yaz999 Wants to Go

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

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

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

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

This 3,000-year-old “opium black fortress” towers over the ancient town named after it.

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

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

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

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

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

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

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

A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.