Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Amazingly, this old machine within the Resorts Casino still functions.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

This post-Ottoman era church in Athens was built by locals to serve the residents of Anafiotica

A unique housing complex born from the aftermath of the Greek Civil War.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

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

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

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

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.