This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

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

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

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 legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Twice a year, this Orkney town hosts a rowdy game of medieval mob football.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.