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Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

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

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

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

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

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

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

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

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

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.