This Ottoman-era church is hidden amid a busy tourist area.

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

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

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

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

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

This church was constructed on the site where St. Philip the Apostle preached to the ancient Athenians.

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

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

A historic building houses one of the most important archaeological institutes in Europe.

An important example of architectural history slowly decays in the city center.

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

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

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.

The Lobotesis family has been baking some of the best savory pies in Athens since 1910.

A pre-war mansion that survived the modernization of Athens.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Built in 1859, this eagle-topped archway marks the entrance to Brigham Young’s property.