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A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.