This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

The secular incarnation of a religious meditation.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

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

This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

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

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

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

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

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