This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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

This pink watchtower served as the seat of the Greek government after independence from the Turks.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

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

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

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

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