An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

This little-known, 35,000-specimen collection in Greece is a lepidopterist's dream.

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

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

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

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

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.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.