A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

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

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

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

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

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

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

On the wall of this medieval square, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

The Brigadier General was so afraid of being buried alive that he had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum, just in case he woke up.

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

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.