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

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

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

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

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

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

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

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.