An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

These artifacts were discovered during the construction of the airport, with some dating back to the Neolithic period.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

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

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

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

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.