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A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

See an anatomy teaching collection assembled in the 1920s and 1930s.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

The second oldest surviving house in Athens was owned by an Irish General.

This lesser-visited World Heritage site in Athens boasts an impressive ensemble of medieval gold mosaics.

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

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

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.