An ode to a chess-loving diplomat.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

This church is dedicated to the patron saint of seafarers.

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

Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.

This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

The secular incarnation of a religious meditation.

This building was once the most magnificent mansion in Nafplio.

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

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

This sixth-century church housed an icon with eyes so beautiful legend has it they inspired the name of a Greek city.

The Greek War of Independence was declared at this medieval Byzantine sanctuary.

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

A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

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

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

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

A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.