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These abandoned salt flats are now a haven for wildlife.

A seaside castle complex that stood through centuries of conquests.

The ruins of an ancient fortification wall sit in front of and underneath this boutique hotel.

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

A dark, narrow tunnel that leads to a charming lake and waterfall.

A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

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

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

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

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

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

This quaint farm in the Peloponnese countryside hides an astonishing cache of antique curiosities.

This 11th-century Greek monastery has renowned mosaics and relics of a brutal past.

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

Only open for two days a year, this church links ancient Greek and modern Christian celebrations.

The partially submerged ruins of a white marble quarry used in ancient Greece for over 1,200 years.

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

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

Get hands on with the technological marvels of the Classical world.

Preserved portions of Athens's ancient defenses are on display in a subterranean parking garage.

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

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

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.