A superb Paleo-Christian baptismal pool is preserved among the ruins of ancient Sufetula.

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

This church was constructed on the site where St. Philip the Apostle preached to the ancient Athenians.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

Since 1969, this restaurant has served up dishes typical of Istanbul's Greek diaspora.

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

An important example of architectural history slowly decays in the city center.

This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

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

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.