Places michaelpatronas Wants to Go

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

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.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

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

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

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

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

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

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

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

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

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

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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

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

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

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