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A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

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

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

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

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

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

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

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

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

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

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

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

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.