According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

This quaint farm in the Peloponnese countryside hides an astonishing cache of antique curiosities.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

A solemn reminder of the infamous World War II war crime that massacred almost all the men in a small Greek town.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

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

When construction began on this hotel, developers were surprised to find the ruins of an ancient civilization.

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

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

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

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

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

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.