This pink watchtower served as the seat of the Greek government after independence from the Turks.

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

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

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This post-Ottoman era church in Athens was built by locals to serve the residents of Anafiotica

A unique housing complex born from the aftermath of the Greek Civil War.

Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.

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

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

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

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

Catch raucous live performances of traditional tunes at this old-school taverna.

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

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

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

The site where the summer solstice helped ancient Greeks sync the lunar and solar calendars.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

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