This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

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

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

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

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

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

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

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

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

This mysterious cliffside carving of an ancient Hittite deity has baffled scholars for centuries.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.