Wieliczka, Poland
Wieliczka Salt Mine
An underground city of salt.
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Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.
Shipka, Bulgaria
A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Sparta, Greece
The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.
Arcadia, Greece
Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.
Kalavryta, Greece
A solemn reminder of the infamous World War II war crime that massacred almost all the men in a small Greek town.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Corfu, Greece
The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Preveza, Greece
The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.
Greece
A seaside castle complex that stood through centuries of conquests.
Frini, Greece
After being destroyed by two separate fires, this monastery is now home to a small zoo and relics from dozens of saints.
Lefkada, Greece
The remains of a military communications outpost still stand on this Greek island.
Agrilos, Greece
A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.