Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

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

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

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.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

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

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

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.

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

This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.

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

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

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