Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

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

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

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

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

A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

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

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

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

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

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

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

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

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