Kleitoria, Greece
Styx Waterfall
This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.
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Kleitoria, Greece
This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.
Laconia, Greece
This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.
Pirgi, Greece
This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.
Athens, Greece
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
Athens, Greece
Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.
Laconia, Greece
A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Athens, Greece
The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.
Moires, Greece
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
Kato Kastania, Greece
This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.
Athens, Greece
Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Athens, Greece
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.
Paris, France
A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.
Athens, Greece
The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.
Paris, France
Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.
Paris, France
A museum of magic with a Sadist past.
Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Paris, France
This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.