Portland, Oregon
The Witch’s Castle
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
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Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Vouliagmeni, Greece
These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.
Naxos, Greece
This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.
Athens, Greece
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
Konitsa, Greece
One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.
Dion, Greece
This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.
Heraklion, Greece
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Preveza, Greece
The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.
Paleopoli, Greece
Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.
Mikonos, Greece
Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Delos, Greece
Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Kuşadası, Turkey
This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.
Istanbul, Turkey
A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.
Denizli Merkez, Turkey
A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.
Demre, Turkey
A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.
Markopoulo Mesogeas, Greece
This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.
Elefsina, Greece
According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.