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

Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.

This sixth-century church housed an icon with eyes so beautiful legend has it they inspired the name of a Greek city.

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.

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

The heads and relics of 179 monks slaughtered by pirates are on display within this Ceonobic Monastery.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

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

This quaint farm in the Peloponnese countryside hides an astonishing cache of antique curiosities.

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

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

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

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

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

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

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

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

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

Step inside an ancient beehive tomb built for a mysterious cult hero.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.