A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

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

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

These artifacts were discovered during the construction of the airport, with some dating back to the Neolithic period.

This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.

A preserved portion of an ancient Athens barrier is displayed in a hotel basement.

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

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

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

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

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

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

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

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

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

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

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

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

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

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

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