According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

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

A pre-war mansion that survived the modernization of Athens.

This post-Ottoman era church in Athens was built by locals to serve the residents of Anafiotica

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.

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

This lesser-visited World Heritage site in Athens boasts an impressive ensemble of medieval gold mosaics.

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.

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.

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

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

This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.

The Lobotesis family has been baking some of the best savory pies in Athens since 1910.

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

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

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

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

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