The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

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

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

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

The rocky remains of an ancient Greek forest.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

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

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

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.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

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

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

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

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

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

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

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

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.

The cluster of igloo-like domes forms the remains of an ancient burial ground.

The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.