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In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

These mysterious 1,000-year-old walls have revealed little about their past.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

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

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

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

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

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

The birthplace of a tobacco empire.

This historic high school was saved from demolition to become an island home for Marshall’s creative community.

A lovingly created and maintained collection of decorative gourd art.

The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.

A curious art piece along a lovely biking trail marks several historic floods via a series of colorful poles that represent floodwater heights.

The oldest church building in the state.

A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.

The remains of a 19th century cargo ship now sits in the middle of a quaint neighborhood after a century spent on the ocean floor.

Born from segregation and exclusion, Durham’s Black Wall Street is now a living reminder of the city’s past

Below this enormous headstone lie Billy and Benny McCrary, better known as the "McGuire Twins."

A collection of memorabilia from the estate of former professional wrestler Andre the Giant.

This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.