This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

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

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’s immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.