One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

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

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

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.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

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

The lion represents a fascinating part of English history, and the story of a man who obsessed over its creation.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

Underneath one of the region's most historic roads lies the home of Plato's successor.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

A preserved portion of an ancient Athens barrier is displayed in a hotel basement.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

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

A unique housing complex born from the aftermath of the Greek Civil War.

Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.

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

This graffitied 19th-century building was a prototype of European industrial architecture.