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

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

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

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

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

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

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.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

There's a lot of horsing around on this lonely stretch of Australian highway.

This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.

See the lake and replica where a daredevil broke both world land and water speed records in the same year.

Asbestos pit mine abandoned in 1983 is still dangerous thirty years later.