Tear apart fatty, gently charred lamb chops with your bare hands.

Since 1969, this restaurant has served up dishes typical of Istanbul's Greek diaspora.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

A martyred saint built a nunnery and school for girls here known as the "Parthenon."

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

Underneath one of the region's most historic roads lies the home of Plato's successor.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

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

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

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

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

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

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

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

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

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

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

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

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.

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