Places obi500 Wants to Go

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

Since 1969, this restaurant has served up dishes typical of Istanbul's Greek diaspora.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

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

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A hilltop monastery on the Greek island of Hydra.

This former mill comes to life during the Christmas season.

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

Crafted from ocean litter, this sculpture highlights the ills of overconsumption.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."