2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

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

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

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

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

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

A monster in the plant world, up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death.

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The last remaining colonial-era Italian church in Old Goa.

This weekly bazaar started in the 1960s as a way for hippie travelers to barter their goods.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

This opulent 16th-century Maharaja’s palace is a unique mix of Hindu and Muslim designs.

At 8,000 feet, the world's highest tea estate draws visitors for both its products and its panoramic views.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.