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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

Named for the biblical warrior, the largest castle in Israel actually dates to the Middle Ages.

A surprisingly approachable statue of the man who dominated King Henry VIII's government.

This 19th century police station now puts the history of the Manchester City Police on display.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.