Athens, Greece
Stoa Emporon
This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.
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Athens, Greece
This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.
Athens, Greece
A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.
Athens, Greece
This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.
Athens, Greece
View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.
Athens, Greece
Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece
Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.
Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Athens, Greece
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Córdoba, Spain
This medieval synagogue survived the Inquisition as a hospital and church.
Córdoba, Spain
Touching this little fossil embedded in the wall of a grand mosque-cathedral may make your wishes come true.
Madrid, Spain
This enigmatic artifact is a rare depiction of an ancient Iberian noblewoman.
Córdoba, Spain
Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.
Granada, Spain
Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.
Seville, Spain
The world's largest wooden structure.
Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
A unique and controversial artifact of the early Turkish Republic.
Amasya, Turkey
A rare group of seven-century-old mummies preserved in astonishing detail.
Istanbul, Turkey
A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.
Kuşadası, Turkey
A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.
Turkey
These ancient ruins include a stadium dating back to 400 BC.
Tarsus, Turkey
A well said to have belonged to Paul the Apostle and part of UNESCO Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey.