This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

Get hands on with the technological marvels of the Classical world.

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

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

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.

The secular incarnation of a religious meditation.

This 11th-century Greek monastery has renowned mosaics and relics of a brutal past.

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

A dark, narrow tunnel that leads to a charming lake and waterfall.

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

This "volcanic all-day restaurant" is right on the beach.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

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

An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.

Tear apart fatty, gently charred lamb chops with your bare hands.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.