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

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

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

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

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

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

This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

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

This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.

The home of Greece’s national poet sits crumbling in the middle of a popular tourist district.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

This church was constructed on the site where St. Philip the Apostle preached to the ancient Athenians.

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

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

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

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

This Ottoman-era church is hidden amid a busy tourist area.

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

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

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

This small bronze pyramid marks the center of Belgrade, but some say it is a Masonic symbol.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.