This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

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

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

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

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

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.