Places Cattheripper Wants to Go

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

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

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

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

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

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

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.

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

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

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

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

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

The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.

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

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

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

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