Zanzibar, Tanzania
Mercury House
Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.
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Zanzibar, Tanzania
Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.
Tanzania
Stay in your own little bubble.
Spetses, Greece
Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.
Messinia, Greece
Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.
Lasithi, Greece
This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.
Athens, Greece
This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.
Preveza, Greece
The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.
Livadia, Greece
This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.
Athens, Greece
This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.
Heraklion, Greece
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece
The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.
Nafplio, Greece
This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.
Sparta, Greece
The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.
Samos Prefecture, Greece
Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.
Thira, Greece
A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.
Kato Kastania, Greece
This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.
Laconia, Greece
A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Moires, Greece
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.