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This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

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

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

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

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

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

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

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

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

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

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.