This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

These sea caves are the source of Xigia Beach's distinct aroma.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

Get hands on with the technological marvels of the Classical world.

The partially submerged ruins of a white marble quarry used in ancient Greece for over 1,200 years.

A solemn reminder of the infamous World War II war crime that massacred almost all the men in a small Greek town.

This "volcanic all-day restaurant" is right on the beach.

Only open for two days a year, this church links ancient Greek and modern Christian celebrations.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

This pink watchtower served as the seat of the Greek government after independence from the Turks.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

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

A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.

Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.

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