This building served as the first customs house in modern Greece.

This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.

One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

These abandoned salt flats are now a haven for wildlife.

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

This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

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

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

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

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

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

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

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

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

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

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

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

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

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.