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

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

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

This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

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

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

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

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

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

Rainbow shutters decorate this former police station.

A ring of soy sauce bottle bases decorate an important Singaporean landmark.

According to fictional Kcymaerxthaereal history, a powerful woman with a voice whose beauty could not be concealed found solace at this site at the Majestic Hotel in Singapore.

A quiet patch of astroturf laid out between a building that seems to be splitting in half.

Little India's hidden gem of kindness and good food.

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.