Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

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

1,500 Commonwealth servicemen of World War II are buried or commemorated in this cemetery.

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

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

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

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

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

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

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

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