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This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

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

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

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

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

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

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

For a city that is so rife with gleaming statues and memorials in alabaster and bronze, this occultish-looking wooden example poses more questions than it answers

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

A thorough look at the development and history of the underground's rolling stock of the Madrid subway system.