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

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

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

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

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

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

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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

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.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.