An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

This Greek cinema was architecturally inspired by Mussolini's vision of a fascist Mediterranean utopia.

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

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

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

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

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

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.