Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

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

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

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

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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

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

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.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.