Places eagleblogger Wants to Go

Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

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

Preserved portions of Athens's ancient defenses are on display in a subterranean parking garage.

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

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

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

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

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

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

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

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

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

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

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.

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

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

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

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

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