This ancient city - home to nine civilizations - is soon to be buried under 200 feet of water.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

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

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

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

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

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.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

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

Mysterious "dots" seen from a satellite in southeast Peru.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?