Places jordank Wants to Go

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

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

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.

This church combines Christian, Byzantine, and ancient Greek architectural elements.

This old museum contains dozens of detailed miniature ships and buildings.

On top of a hill, this Catholic church overlooks the most Catholic island in Greece.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.