Dedicated to the god Dionysus, this theatre was used for both musical and theatrical performances.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

This former mill comes to life during the Christmas season.

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

An artistic melting pot inside an old roadside inn from the Ottoman era.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

At this cozy bar tucked down a hidden Galway backroad, Guinness makes the Gaelic come out.

This colorful and fiery mural depicts the Irish folk story of the beloved hero Cuchulain.

Fluffy and friendly alpacas nestled against the border of the beautiful Connemara region.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.