This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

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

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

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

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

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

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

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

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

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 ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

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

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

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

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

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

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

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

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

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

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