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This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

Once the largest rope factory in Greece, this abandoned plant now stands like a ghost of industry past.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

This little-known, 35,000-specimen collection in Greece is a lepidopterist's dream.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.