11,500 year old little girl found buried in an ancient fire pit.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

The ruins of an ancient fortification wall sit in front of and underneath this boutique hotel.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

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

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

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

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

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

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

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

A preserved portion of an ancient Athens barrier is displayed in a hotel basement.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

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

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

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