Thessaloniki, Greece
Abandoned Bogomils Graveyard
This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.
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Thessaloniki, Greece
This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.
Samos Prefecture, Greece
Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.
Thessaloniki, Greece
These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.
Lemnos, Greece
An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.
Agion Oros, Greece
The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.
Penteli, Greece
Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Corfu, Greece
The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.
Box Hill, Australia
A local landmark that has become a hub of graffiti and urban exploration.
Princetown, Australia
Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."
Istanbul, Turkey
This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.
Berlin, Germany
Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.
Belchite, Spain
A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”
Dion, Greece
This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
The temple that withstood the Nazis.
Paleopoli, Greece
Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.