Places cryborg Wants to Go

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

The ruins of an ancient mansion sits in front of and underneath a contemporary art gallery.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

This graffitied 19th-century building was a prototype of European industrial architecture.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

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

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

A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Catacombs turned marketplace.