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

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

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

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

This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.

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

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

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

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

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

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.