Kea Kithnos, Greece
Lion of Kea
This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.
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Kea Kithnos, Greece
This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.
Dion, Greece
This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.
Thessaloniki, Greece
This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.
Corfu, Greece
The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.
Heraklion, Greece
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Lemnos, Greece
An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.
Mikonos, Greece
Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.
Thessaloniki, Greece
These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.
Paleopoli, Greece
Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.
Agion Oros, Greece
The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.
Thessaloniki, Greece
A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Samos Prefecture, Greece
Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.
Penteli, Greece
Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Delos, Greece
Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Argolis, Greece
This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Laconia, Greece
A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Ottery Saint Mary, England
Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.
Exeter, England
These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.