A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

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

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

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

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

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 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

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

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.