This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

This Art-Deco movie palace is the oldest independent cinema in Atlanta.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

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

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

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

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

An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

In Midtown Atlanta, tons of marble appears to be devouring a Fiat Panda at this unique art installation.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

A man's home is his castle.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

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

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.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.