Athens, Greece
First Cemetery of Athens
The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.
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Athens, Greece
The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Athens, Greece
This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.
Lasithi, Greece
This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.
Moires, Greece
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
Inachori, Greece
A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.
Askifou, Greece
This collection of artifacts represents one family's mission to record the horrors of World War II inflicted on their hometown.
Frangokastello, Greece
Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.
Savannah, Georgia
A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.
Savannah, Georgia
An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.
Savannah, Georgia
An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Savannah, Georgia
This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.
Savannah, Georgia
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Savannah, Georgia
This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Savannah, Georgia
Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.
Savannah, Georgia
This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.
Charleston, South Carolina
Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Shelburne, Vermont
A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.
Middlebury, Vermont
The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.