Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

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

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

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

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

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

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

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

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

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

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

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