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An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

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

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.

The secular incarnation of a religious meditation.

These sea caves are the source of Xigia Beach's distinct aroma.

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.

Scores of wax baby figurines add an unusual mood to this beautiful church on the Greek coast.

Former Italian settlement on the isle of Rhodes was a WWII command center before being abandoned.

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

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.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

A series of waterfalls create the illusion of perpetual rainfall in this hidden gorge.

An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

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

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.