1,500 Commonwealth servicemen of World War II are buried or commemorated in this cemetery.

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

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

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

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

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

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

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

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

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

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.

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

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