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'The Umbrellas'

Thessaloniki, Greece

'The Umbrellas'

One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

Cross of Bogomils

Thessaloniki, Greece

Abandoned Bogomils Graveyard

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

Komboloi Museum (Greek Worry Bead Museum)

Argolis, Greece

Komboloi Museum (Greek Worry Bead Museum)

The secular incarnation of a religious meditation.

Mycenae

Argolis, Greece

Mycenae

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The medieval bridge, with the hot springs nearby.

Përmet District, Albania

Benja Thermal Baths

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

Gjirokaster Castle

Gjirokaster, Albania

Gjirokaster Castle

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

Silver casket containing the relics of St. Spyridon

Corfu, Greece

Church of St. Spyridon

This Greek Orthodox church houses the mummified body of St. Spyridon.

Tourlida Islet

Tourlida, Greece

Tourlida Islet

An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

The monastery is chiseled into the side of the mountain.

Kalarrites, Greece

Holy Kipinas Monastery

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

Museum Ali Pasha and Revolutionary Period, Ioannina, Greece

Ioannina Island, Greece

Museum Ali Pasha and Revolutionary Period

A museum inside a Byzantine island monastery.

Ioannina Island from above

Ioannina Island, Greece

Ioannina Island

A lake island of richly decorated monasteries, where a fugitive ruler met his end

Old Sagiada

Greece

Old Sagiada

Abandoned and overgrown town with views of the Mediterranean Sea.

The river bed of Eridanos at Monastiraki train station on November 7, 2019

Athens, Greece

Archaeological Site Inside Monastiraki Metro Station

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

Nabokov is so jealous right now

Volos, Greece

Entomological Museum of Volos

This little-known, 35,000-specimen collection in Greece is a lepidopterist's dream.

Varlaam Monastery, Meteora

Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Interior I.

Nafplio, Greece

Church of Agios Spyridon

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

Sami

Greece

Sami

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

La Specola.

Florence, Italy

La Specola Anatomical Collection

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Vatican City walls.

Vatican City

Vatican City Walls

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

St. Mary's Basilica

Krakow, Poland

St. Mary's Basilica

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

The wall is roped off to deter people from touching the chakra.

Krakow, Poland

Wawel Chakra

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

The Dragon's Den

Krakow, Poland

Wawel Dragon's Den

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Aleja Gwiazd (Avenue of Stars)

Krakow, Poland

Aleja Gwiazd (Avenue of Stars)

Krakow's own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Muzeum Gier Wideo (Krakow Arcade Museum)

Krakow, Poland

Muzeum Gier Wideo (Krakow Arcade Museum)

Where visitors can play more than 150 retro arcade games.

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