A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

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

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

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

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

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

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.