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Tear apart fatty, gently charred lamb chops with your bare hands.

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

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

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

This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.

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.

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

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

Absolutely no saxophones in the library.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

It's a breathing museum, where you get to breathe along with stunning immersive textile light art.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.