Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

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

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

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

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

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

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

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

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.