This unassuming oasis elevated just above the busy streets of Jerusalem offers one of the best views of the Old City.

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

This nightmarish children's plaything was left grotesque to help kids conquer their fear.

Sitting right on the border between East and West Jerusalem this modern art museum is in itself a symbol of Israel's hoped-for unity.

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

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

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

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

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

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.