Places laurynhanley Wants to Go

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

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

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

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

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

On the outskirts of the small village, an abandoned grassy field glitters thanks to the white stones of an ancient structure.

A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.

One of the largest mines in Bulgaria is now home to a vast museum more than 100 feet underground.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.