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

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

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

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

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

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

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

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

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

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Russian history in San Francisco.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.