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Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
Arcadia, Greece
Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.
Chios, Greece
Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.
Kalamata, Greece
The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.
Tripoli, Greece
This church combines Christian, Byzantine, and ancient Greek architectural elements.
Corfu, Greece
This Greek Orthodox church houses the mummified body of St. Spyridon.
Corfu, Greece
The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.
Corfu, Greece
The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.
Nafplio, Greece
Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.
Nafplio, Greece
The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.
Thessaloniki, Greece
Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.
Thessaloniki, Greece
This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.
Thessaloniki, Greece
This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.
Thessaloniki, Greece
A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.
Thessaloniki, Greece
A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.
Athens, Greece
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.
Athens, Greece
The second oldest surviving house in Athens was owned by an Irish General.
Athens, Greece
The site where the summer solstice helped ancient Greeks sync the lunar and solar calendars.
Athens, Greece
The burial place of one the greatest Arthurian authors, with the sword in the (grave)stone.
Athens, Greece
This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.
Athens, Greece
One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.
Athens, Greece
This lesser-visited World Heritage site in Athens boasts an impressive ensemble of medieval gold mosaics.
Athens, Greece
Since 1969, this restaurant has served up dishes typical of Istanbul's Greek diaspora.