A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

Catch raucous live performances of traditional tunes at this old-school taverna.

This church was constructed on the site where St. Philip the Apostle preached to the ancient Athenians.

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

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

Dating from the 18th century to today, this museum houses a collection of over 1,200 musical instruments.

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

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

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

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

An arts and culture melting pot inside an old roadside inn from the Ottoman era.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

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

Home to a legend of the supernatural raccoon dog, a rare wooden structure of Edo, and witnesses of the Tokyo bombings.

Disaster prevention apartment blocks in Sumida Ward are designed to save as many as possible in the face of the inevitable.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.