It took a vision from a blind nun in Germany to figure out where Jesus Mother Mary is said to have retired on a hillside just outside Ephesus.

There was a theory that there was a house of Mother Mary in or around Ephesus, but it had not been discovered for ages until a German

nun had visions of Mother Mary describe her where she lived.

Coming up, we'll step back 2,000 years among the fresco's mosaics of the ancient city of

Ephesus in Turkey.

Filmmaker David Adams follows the decidedly untourasty trail of Alexander the Great in Central Asia.

And it was one of the richest experiences of my life, I'd have to say, with an Afghan general

in the city that Alexander may have built, having a vodka and taking it all in and tour the campuses of

Oxford and Cambridge in England. They're based on monasteries basically because that

was the origin of the colleges. Discover the marvels of being a time traveler in the hour ahead on Travel with Rick Steeves.

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As an American who lives in a part of the country where anything over a hundred years old is pretty rare,

I get a real thrill when I visit places where you can be immersed in history from hundreds even

thousands of years ago.

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves.

Coming up, we'll look at where you can find Europe's best examples of Gothic architecture.

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