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

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

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

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

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

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

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

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

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.