A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

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

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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

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

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

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

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.