Places esj74 Wants to Go

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

A former military hospital is now used to study and preserve artifacts of the Acropolis.

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

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

Underneath one of the region's most historic roads lies the home of Plato's successor.

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

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

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

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

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

This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.

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.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.

Berlin's old airport.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

Art and a pun, all in one.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.