This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

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

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.