A small mountain at the crossroads of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria that some believe was the landing point of Noah's Ark.

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

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

The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.

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

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

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

A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

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

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

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

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

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

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

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

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

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

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

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

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

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.