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Step inside an ancient beehive tomb built for a mysterious cult hero.

Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

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

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

The rocky remains of an ancient Greek forest.

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

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

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

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

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

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

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

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.