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

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

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

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

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

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

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

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

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

As the highest point in the Mid-Atlantic range this stratovolcano offers spectacular views.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

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

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

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

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

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