A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.

This building was once the most magnificent mansion in Nafplio.

Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.

Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.

This church combines Christian, Byzantine, and ancient Greek architectural elements.

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

The Greek War of Independence was declared at this medieval Byzantine sanctuary.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

The secular incarnation of a religious meditation.

A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

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

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

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

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

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

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

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